Bennett, New Mexico

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While our information shows that the community of Bennett is historic,^<1> we want to be sure that it has a presence on our website. As we gather information about Bennett, we'll be sure to add our findings.

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Hobbs. It is located about 43 miles [69 km] to the north of where Bennett would have been located and has a population of 28,657 people.^<2>

The next largest community is Andrews (TX). It is located about 42 miles [67 km] to the northeast of Bennett and has a population of 9,652 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Eunice	N	25 mi [40.23 km]	2,771	8.16% increase
	Jal	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	2,045	2.45% increase
	Barstow (TX)	S	43 mi [69.2 km]	399	1.72% decrease
	Goldsmith (TX)	E	35 mi [56.3 km]	274	8.3% increase
	Kermit (TX)	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	5,231	8.45% decrease
	Monahans (TX)	S	28 mi [45.06 km]	6,516	4.47% decrease
	Pecos (TX)	S	48 mi [77.2 km]	7,804	17.86% decrease
	Pyote (TX)	S	36 mi [57.9 km]	131	---
	Thorntonville (TX)	SE	37 mi [59.5 km]	439	0.68% decrease
	Wickett (TX)	S	36 mi [57.9 km]	438	3.74% decrease
	Wink (TX)	S	21 mi [33.8 km]	907	1.31% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance
	Air Base City	N	48 mi [77.2 km]
	Humble City	N	50 mi [80.5 km]
	Jones City	N	28 mi [45.06 km]
	Gardendale (TX)	E	48 mi [77.2 km]
	Scharbauer City (TX)	E	45 mi [72.4 km]
	West Odessa (TX)	E	43 mi [69.2 km]

Lea County

Bennett would have been located within present day Lea County.

Below are counties that are near Bennett (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Bennett:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Bennett
	Eddy County	W	Ross Place	30 miles [48 km]
	Otero County	N	Johnson	16 miles [25 km]
	Andrews County (TX)	E	Coyote Corner (TX)	28 miles [45 km]
	Ector County (TX)	E	Notrees (TX)	28 miles [45 km]
	Loving County (TX)	SW	Mentone (TX)	33 miles [53 km]
	Reeves County (TX)	SW	Arno (TX)	37 miles [59 km]
	Ward County (TX)	S	Monahans (TX)	28 miles [45 km]
	Winkler County (TX)	SE	Cheyenne (TX)	7 miles [11 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for New Mexico<4>

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We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities. Since Bennett no longer exists, the following searches are actually centered on the nearby community of Hobbs. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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