Bennington, Nebraska: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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[[File:Pratt farmhouse (cropped).png|thumb|A farmhouse in Bennington, circa 1900-1910|left]]Bennington was originally called Bunz Town, and under the latter name was founded in the 1880s when the [[Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad]] was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/douglas/bennington/ | title=Bennington, Douglas County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | access-date=8 August 2014}}</ref> The present name is after the town of [[Bennington, Vermont]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|author-link=Federal Writers' Project|title=Origin of Nebraska place names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3625056;view=1up;seq=12|year=1938|publisher=Works Progress Administration|location=Lincoln, NE|page=6}}</ref>

Bennington was struck by [[Tornado outbreak sequence of April 25–28, 2024#Elkhorn–Bennington–Blair, Nebraska/Modale,Elkhorn–Blair Iowatornado|an EF3EF4 tornado]] on April 26, 2024, severely damaging 60 to 65 homes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fischer |first1=Mark |title=Weather service confirms EF-3 tornado hit Lincoln, Waverly and Omaha |url=https://www.klkntv.com/weather-service-confirms-ef-3-tornado-hit-lincoln-waverly-and-omaha/ |website=KLKN-TV |access-date=1 May 2024 |date=27 April 2024}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.84|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|0.83|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2012-06-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-07-02 }}</ref>

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|location = Bennington, Nebraska (coordinates:{{coord|41.3639|N|96.1558|W}}, 1991-2020 precipitation normals)

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| Jan precipitation inch =0.80

| Feb precipitation inch =0.96

| Mar precipitation inch =1.84

| Apr precipitation inch =3.23

| May precipitation inch =4.86

| Jun precipitation inch =4.95

| Jul precipitation inch =3.75

| Aug precipitation inch =4.10

| Sep precipitation inch =3.18

| Oct precipitation inch =2.41

| Nov precipitation inch =1.39

| Dec precipitation inch =1.37

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| source = NOAA<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=US10doug025&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |title=Station: BENNINGTON 0.1 ESE, NE US US10doug025 |access-date=2024-09-01 |work=Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020 |publisher=[[NCEI|National Centers for Environmental Information]] |page=1 |format=PDF |quote=Elevation: 1280 ft}}</ref>

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==Demographics==