Bennington, Kansas

**Bennington** is a city in Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. In 2020, 622 people lived there.

### 19th century

**Bennington** was platted in 1878. More than 200 people lived there within three years. The city name comes from one of two sources.  A paper written on the history of Bennington says that Bennington is an Indian name, and it means "place of fine trees."  The same paper also says that co-city creator George R. Parker gave the town its name after Bennington, Vermont.  The Solomon Valley Railroad, part of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, reached Bennington in 1878.

In 1879, the first school was one half-mile south of town.  In 1918, a new school house was built.  In 1938, an auditorium was added; in 1955 a shop was added; and in 1961 a new grade school building was annexed.

## Geography

Bennington is at  (39.033146, -97.593228). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

### Climate

Bennington has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Bennington has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.

## People

Bennington is part of the Salina Micropolitan Statistical Area.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 622 people, 254 households, and 163 families living in Bennington. Of the households, 81.5% owned their home and 18.5% rented their home.

The median age was 40.1 years. Of the people, 91.8% were White, 0.5% were Native American, 0.3% were Black, 0.2% were from some other race, and 7.2% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.3% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 672 people, 261 households, and 188 families living in Bennington.

## Education

Bennington is part of Twin Valley USD 240 public school district.

## Other websites

- City
- City of Bennington
- Bennington - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 240, local school district
- Historic
- Historic Bennington Photos
- , from _Hatteberg's People_ on KAKE TV news
- , from _Hatteberg's People_ on KAKE TV news
- Maps
- Bennington City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Bennington, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City
- **image map**: Ottawa_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Bennington_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Ottawa County, Kansas, Ottawa County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Ottawa Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Ottawa County, Kansas, Ottawa County (:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png, legend)
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kansas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kansas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Ottawa County, Kansas, Ottawa
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1870s
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established date1**: 1878
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1885
- **named for**: Bennington, Vermont
- **government type**: Mayor–council government, Mayor–Council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 0.42
- **area land sq mi**: 0.42
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 1.09
- **area land km2**: 1.09
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1230
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 622
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 67422
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 785, 785, exchange 488
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 20-06075
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2394136