Benezette Township, Pennsylvania
| Benezette Township, Pennsylvania | |
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| Township | |
The Elk Country Visitor's Center in Benezette (2014)
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 Location in Elk County and the state of Pennsylvania |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Elk |
| Incorporated | Before 1843 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 107.16 sq mi (277.54 km2) |
| • Land | 106.67 sq mi (276.27 km2) |
| • Water | 0.49 sq mi (1.27 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 207 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 197 |
| • Density | 1.85/sq mi (0.71/km2) |
| Area code(s) | 814 |
| FIPS code | 42-047-05576 |
Coordinates: 41°14′30″N 78°19′59″W / 41.24167°N 78.33306°W
Benezette Township is a township in Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 207 at the 2010 census.
Benezette Township occupies the eastern end of Elk County, and is bordered by Cameron County to the north and east, and by Clearfield County to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 107.1 square miles (277.5 km2), of which 106.7 square miles (276.3 km2) is land and 0.50 square miles (1.3 km2), or 0.46%, is water.
The township contains the unincorporated communities of Medix Run, Benezette, Summerson, Grant, and Dents Run, all in the valley of the Bennett Branch Sinnemahoning Creek, which flows northeasterly across the center of the township. Pennsylvania Route 555 follows the creek valley, leading east to Driftwood and west to Weedville. Ridgway, the Elk County seat, is 27 miles (43 km) to the northwest.
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