Benndale is a

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 ...

(CDP) and

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in George County,

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, near the intersection of State Highways 26 (MS 26) and 57 (MS 57). It is part of the

Pascagoula The Pascagoula (also Pascoboula, Pacha-Ogoula, Pascagola, Pascaboula, Paskaguna) were an indigenous group living in coastal Mississippi on the Pascagoula River. The name ''Pascagoula'' is a Choctaw term meaning "bread eater". Choctaw native Am ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prior to the creation of George County, Benndale was located in Jackson County. It became a CDP in the 2020 United States census, with a population of 65.

Background

Benndale Elementary School, a K-6 campus that is part of the George County School District, serves Benndale and surrounding areas. A post office operated under the name Benndale from 1900 to 1967. The Farnworth Lumber Company once operated a

lumber camp A logging camp (or lumber camp) is a transitory work site used in the logging industry. Before the second half of the 20th century, these camps were the primary place where lumberjacks would live and work to fell trees in a particular area. Many ...

in Benndale. The Benndale

soil series Soil series as established by the National Cooperative Soil Survey of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service are a level of classification in the USDA Soil Taxonomy classification system hierar ...

is named for the community.

2020 demographics

References

Unincorporated communities in George County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Pascagoula metropolitan area Census-designated places in George County, Mississippi {{Mississippi-stub