Benwood, Indiana
Benwood is an unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Clay County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.
A post office was established at Benwood in 1881, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1882. Benwood was likely named in honor of Ben Davis, a railroad official.
Mining was the originally the primary industry of Benwood.
References
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Benwood, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
- ^ "Clay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
- ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3.
...and supposedly named for Ben Davis, an official with the Vandalia Railroad.
- ^ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp. 251.
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