| Official Name: | Bendon, Michigan |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Label: | Bendon |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
| Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Benzie |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Inland |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.19 |
| Area Land Km2: | 5.19 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.00 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.00 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 210 |
| Population Density Km2: | 40.45 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 104.74 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 258 |
| Coordinates: | 44.6331°N -85.8378°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 49643 (Interlochen) |
| Area Code: | 231 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 26-07220[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0621089 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Bendon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Benzie County in the U.S. State of Michigan. The population was 210 at the 2020 census.[3] Bendon is located within Inland Township.
Bendon is located in the eastern part of Inland Township in eastern Benzie County. Bendon's eastern border is the Grand Traverse County line. The center of the community is at the intersection of Bendon Road and Cinder Road.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Bendon CDP has a total area of 5.2sqkm, all land.[4]
The settlement developed around a sawmill and was first named "Kentville" after Albert Kent, a farmer who became the first postmaster on April 24, 1888. It was given a station on the now abandoned Chicago and West Michigan Railway. The post office was renamed "Bendon" on June 30, 1892, and operated until March 31, 1954.[5]
The community of Bendon was listed as a newly organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.[6]