Bennettsville, Iowa Explained
| Official Name: | Bennettsville, Iowa |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Iowa |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Iowa |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dubuque County |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 42.36°N -90.7281°W |
| Area Code: | 712 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 464164[1] |
Bennettsville (also known as Bennettville) was an unincorporated community in Dubuque County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.
Geography
Bennettsville was located at 42.36°N -90.7281°W,[1] at the junction of Bennettville Road and St. Joes Prairie Road.
History
Bennettsville was founded in Section 9 of Washington Township, Dubuque County.[2] The name of the community has also been spelled Bennettville.[3]
The post office was established in June 1891. James J. Cota served as postmaster.[4] The Bennettsville post office also served as the store.[5] Circa 1901, Bennettville had a school.[6]
The community's population was 8 in 1890.[7] Bennettsville's post office was discontinued in either 1897[2] or 1900.[8]
See also
Washington Mills, Iowa
Notes and References
- Web site: Geographic Names Information System . 2022-10-04 . edits.nationalmap.gov.
- Book: Howe . Samuel Storrs . Annals of Iowa . Parvin . Theodore Sutton . Lloyd . Frederick . Huff . Sanford W. . Aldrich . Charles . Harlan . Edgar Rubey . 1850 . Iowa State Historical Department, Division of Historical Museum and Archives . 520 . en.
- Book: Oldt, Franklin T. . History of Dubuque County, Iowa: Being a General Survey of Dubuque County History, Including a History of the City of Dubuque and Special Account of Districts Throughout the County, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time . 1911 . Goodspeed Historical Association . 670 . en.
- News: 1891-06-10 . Iowa Postmasters . 1 . Burlington Hawk Eye . 2022-11-26.
- News: 1888 . Bennetsville Burglars . 4 . Dubuque Daily Herald . 2022-11-07.
- News: 1901-03-07 . Table Mound . 8 . Dubuque Daily Times . 2022-11-26.
- Book: Cram, George Franklin . Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States . 1887 . G.F. Cram . 368 . en.
- Web site: Post Offices . 2022-11-07 . www.postalhistory.com.
