Bennington is an incorporated town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bennington had a population of 282.
History
In 1853, a Presbyterian minister named A. G. Lansing established Mount Pleasant Mission Station near present-day Matoy in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. Lansing turned the mission operation over to Rev. Charles C. Copeland, who moved the mission a few miles farther south because the original site was in a boggy and remote location that was unhealthy. Copeland renamed the mission Bennington Mission Station, honoring his home town of Bennington, Vermont. A post office was established in 1873, but closed in 1878. It was reestablished in 1884. The peak population during this period was 45 people.
At the time of its founding, Bennington was located in Blue County of the Choctaw Nation. In 1886 that portion of the county, along with portions of Atoka County and Kiamitia County, joined to form Jackson County, with its county seat at Pigeon Roost, near present-day Boswell.
The Arkansas and Choctaw Railway built through the area in 1902, and missed Bennington by two miles. Some of the buildings were dragged down to the railroad line, where a new town was established in 1903 and grew quickly to 250 people in that year. The 1910 census showed the population had about doubled to 513, then peaked at 915 in 1920, before falling to 492 in 1930.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Bennington had a population of 282. The median age was 34.5 years. 30.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 11.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 95.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 95.0 males age 18 and over.
There were 102 households in Bennington, of which 41.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 35.3% were married-couple households, 19.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 33.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 18.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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| White || 170 || 60.3%
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| Black or African American || 1 || 0.4%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 81 || 28.7%
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| Asian || 1 || 0.4%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
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| Some other race || 1 || 0.4%
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| Two or more races || 28 || 9.9%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 5 || 1.8%
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2000 census
As of the census