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Bennettsville

Ghost town · Dubuque County, Iowa

East Dubuque quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)
East Dubuque quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bennettsville is a ghost town in Dubuque County, Iowa. It is the only former community in Dubuque County recorded on the federal names register, out of 226 across Iowa.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bennettsville as a historical populated place on the Zwingle topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 42.3600° N, 90.7282° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleZwingle
Elevation1,056 ft
Nearest living townZwingle, IA
Distance to it4.8 miles
GNIS feature ID464164
Coordinates42.36001, -90.72819

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What's there now

Bennettsville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Zwingle, IA (population 81), about 4.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,056 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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