Bennington Kansas Map

About Bennington, Kansas

Bennington is a locality in Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 622. The population density is 571.8 people per km². Bennington is located at 39.0306°N, 97.5942°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bennington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67422.

Bennington occupies a vast, sun-drenched expanse of the Kansas plains, where the horizon stretches outward to meet an infinite sky. It lies 13.2 miles north of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 4°T), and is situated 8.7 miles southeast of Minneapolis. Sand Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the earth near the settlement, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that sway rhythmically in the persistent prairie gusts. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Smoky Hills rise against the twilight, their muted, earthen tones deepening into shades of violet as the sun dips below the wheat-gold fields. The air here carries the faint, dry scent of soil and turning seasons, a clarity that renders the transition from day to evening into a slow, deliberate unfolding of light across the flat, open land.

Bennington remains defined by its deep connection to the soil and the legacy of the pioneers who laid its foundations amidst the challenges of the high plains. The local economy thrives upon the rhythmic cycle of agriculture, where the prosperity of the harvest dictates the pulse of the days, and the quiet industry of the fields remains the primary occupation of the inhabitants. Those seeking respite from the cultivated landscape often travel five miles to reach the serene waters of State Lake or the natural expanses of the Ottawa State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area. Life in Bennington moves with the steady, unadorned grace of a place that understands its own scale, where the silence of the wide-open prairie invites a contemplative stillness into the daily labor of those who call these plains their own.

About This Bennington Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bennington, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.030556, -97.594199. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Bennington includes the ZIP code (67422), telephone area code (785), county seat of Ottawa County (Minneapolis), and school district assignment (Twin Valley Unified School District 240).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.