Benwood, Indiana

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Benwood
Unincorporated community
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Benwood
Location in Clay County
Coordinates: 39°33′40″N87°05′39″W / 39.56111°N 87.09417°W / 39.56111; -87.09417
Country United States
State Indiana
County Clay
Township Van Buren
Elevation
669 ft (204 m)
ZIP code
47834
FIPS code 18-04852 [1]
GNIS feature ID430833 [2]

Benwood is an unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Clay County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.

A post office was established at Benwood in 1881, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1882. [3] Benwood was likely named in honor of Ben Davis, a railroad official. [4]

Mining was the originally the primary industry of Benwood. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Benwood, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Clay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  4. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  65. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...and supposedly named for Ben Davis, an official with the Vandalia Railroad.
  5. ↑ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp.  251.


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