Benvenue is an
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
Dauphin County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...
. It is situated on Duncan's Island in
Reed Township on the intersection of
US 22/
US 322 and
PA 849, just east of the
Clarks Ferry Bridge.
History
A post office called Benvenue was established in 1831, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907. Benvenue is likely derived from Scottish meaning a "mountain and good entertainment therewith".
References
Unincorporated communities in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
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