| Bennington | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Idaho#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Idaho##Location in the United States |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Idaho |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bear Lake |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 6.342 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 6.338 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.004 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 190 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 42.3911°N -111.3208°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 16-06670 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 396104 |
Bennington is a census-designated place in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 190.[1] It is located in the southeast corner of the (State of Idaho) on U.S. Route 30 about 5miles north of Montpelier and 12miles south of Georgetown.
Bennington is a small farming community settled by Mormon Pioneers in 1864. It was named by Brigham Young after a town in Vermont near where he was born and grew up. Many of the inhabitants in Bennington are direct descendants of these early pioneers.
Among its founders was Amos Wright who, according to his grandson, the Bennington-born writer David L. Wright, before founding Bennington was excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for riding his horse into a meetinghouse and shooting out the lights. He was later rebaptised, before going on to found Bennington.[2]
Its elevation is 6008feet.
Bennington's population was estimated at 50 in 1909,[3] and was 100 in 1960.[4]