census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...
, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 236. It is located in the southeast corner of the (State of Idaho) on
U.S. Route 30
U.S. Route 30 or U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is an east–west main route of the United States Numbered Highway System, with the highway traveling across the Northern U.S. With a length of , it is the third-longest U.S. Highway, afte ...
Bennington is a small farming community settled by
Mormon Pioneers
The Mormon pioneers were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), also known as Latter-day Saints, who Human migration, migrated beginning in the mid-1840s until the late-1860s across the United States from the ...
in 1864. It was named by
Brigham Young
Brigham Young ( ; June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second President of the Church (LDS Church), president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until h ...
after a town in
Vermont
Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...
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
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian restorationist Christian denomination and the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement. Founded durin ...
for riding his horse into a meetinghouse and shooting out the lights. He was later rebaptised, before going on to found Bennington.
Its elevation is .
Demographics
Bennington's population was estimated at 50 in 1909, and was 100 in 1960.
List of census-designated places in Idaho
This article lists census-designated places (CDPs) in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of 2020, there were a total of 36 census-designated places in Idaho.
Census-Designated Places
See also
*List of cities in Idaho
* List of places in Idaho
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