Bennetts SwitchIN
With 141 residents, this town was settled in 1862.
Is Bennetts Switch a good place to live?
61% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Bennetts Switch, where Indiana’s towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 29%. Bennetts Switch has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
141 people, and everyone knows the way
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Four seasons and pleasant summers in Bennetts Switch
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 18°, and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Bennetts Switch: inland flooding
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 52% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Bennetts Switch, 55% come from inland flooding and 11% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Bennetts Switch
Wabash and Erie Canal and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bennetts Switch. Close and well known come first.
39 mi State parkProphetstown State Park37 mi Theme parkIndiana Beach6 mi MuseumGrissom Air Museum
13 mi MuseumInternational Circus Hall of Fame
37 mi MuseumIndiana Transportation MuseumPhoto credits
Prophetstown State Park: Flickr user: Dan https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwmizell/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · International Circus Hall of Fame: Nyttend, Public domain · Indiana Transportation Museum: Jeremy C. Schultz, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Bennetts Switch: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bennetts Switch, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Bennetts Switch
About 10 of every 100 Bennetts Switch residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Bennetts Switch
Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
Bennetts Switch is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Deer Creek Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
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- Elevation
- 820 ft
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