Benoit, TX

By: William R. Hunt

Type: General Entry

Published: 1952

Updated: November 1, 1994

Benoit was on U.S. Highway 67 and the Santa Fe Railroad twelve miles northeast of Ballinger in east central Runnels County. The community was started in 1886 and named Norwood, but with the establishment of a local post office in 1906 it was renamed for J. Benoit, an early settler. W. F. Hill opened the first store in 1912 and was the last postmaster. At its peak Benoit had two stores, a gin, a blacksmith shop, and a one-room schoolhouse. The population was 100 in 1940, but by 1950 the settlement had disappeared. By 2000 the settlement had reappeared in the census, reporting a population of twenty-two.

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Charlsie Poe, Runnels Is My County (San Antonio: Naylor, 1970).

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

William R. Hunt, “Benoit, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed May 22, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/benoit-tx.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Original Publication Date:: 1952
Most Recent Revision Date:: November 1, 1994

Related Book(s):

Texas Almanac 2020-2021

Texas Almanac 2022–2023


Linked Data from the Texas Almanac:
Place: Benoit
Currently Exists: Yes
Place Type: Town
USGS ID: 1377993
Town Fields: Has post office: No

Is Incorporated: No
Belongs to: Runnels County
Associated Names: Norwood
Coordinates: Latitude: 31.78292650°

Longitude: -99.82897180°
Population Counts: People Year

10 2009

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