Bennington is a census-designated place in Bear Lake County, Idaho, 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 about north of Montpelier and south of Georgetown.
History 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."Dave Elegy" by James Miller. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. Accessed 21 October 2019.
Its elevation is .
Demographics
Bennington's population was estimated at 50 in 1909, and was 100 in 1960.
Notable people John Tippets, Idaho State Senator.
See also
List of census-designated places in Idaho
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