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History · Benezette Township

19% of Benezette Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1941 on.

0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Benezette Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Benezette Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Benezette Township, and 6 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Benezette Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Benezett
1851–today
Dents Run
1866–1927
Medix Run
1877–1939
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BenezetteDents RunGrantMedix RunSumersonWilmer
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Benezette Township
BenezetteJohnsonMount Pleasant

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Benezette Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Benezette Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Benezette, also known as Benezett, is an unincorporated community in Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located on the Bennett Branch and Pennsylvania Route 555, 11.9 miles (19.2 km) southeast of St. Mary's. Benezette has a post office with ZIP code 15821.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 207 to 216 (+4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Benezette Township, 1851 to 1941

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1851Post officeThe Benezett post office opens
  3. 1866Post officeThe Dents Run post office opens
  4. 1877Post officeThe Medix Run post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1927Post officeThe Dents Run post office closes
  7. 1939Post officeThe Medix Run post office closes
  8. 1941On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Benezette Township on the map, 1941 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Benezette Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Benezette Township on the 1941 USGS mapBenezette Township on the 1969 USGS mapBenezette Township on the 1981 USGS mapBenezette Township on the 1994 USGS map1941Benezette sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Benezette Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Benezette Township

Nobody well known was born in Benezette Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Joseph T. McNarneyUnited States Army general · b. 1893
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Joanna ShieldsAmerican businesswomen, vice president and mana… · b. 1962
Nate SestinaAmerican basketball player · b. 1997
Edward ScofieldUnion Army officer and governor of Wisconsin · b. 1842
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George AlbeeAmerican psychologist · b. 1921
Doug BrocailAmerican baseball player · b. 1967
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Gibson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShippen TownshipIts storyC−Jay TownshipIts storyB−Girard TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.