First Mayor: J.L. FoxCurrent Mayor: Royce Pindell

Welcome Neighbors.

In Spring 2019, the Town was awarded a grant by Adams County Open Space to transform the Charles Muegge

House and its surrounding property into a living museum and historic park. The house itself will be restored to look

like an early 1900s Colorado farmhouse and the surrounding property will feature a restored historic

combine and vegetable garden.

Roads in Benne� were first paved in 1986. Following voter approval of the Street Improvement Plan in November 2015, construction was underway for many streets in

Benne�. This involved replacing and repairing a majority of roads throughout Benne� neighborhoods. This was one of the Town’s single largest capital improvement projects

in it’s history.

Benne�’s tallest landmark, the new elevated water storage tank, went into commission in October 2017. The 0.5 million gallon elevated water storage

tank stands 197 �. high and significantly improves the availability,

reliability, and water quality of the Town of Benne�'s water supply. The tank reduces the Town’s risk of water

supply outages.

Benne� by the Facts Benne� OrganizationsBenne� Projects

Population Then: 211Population Now: 2,523

First Park: Community Park, 1973Newest Park: Future Park, 2018

BENNETT

Benne� was incorporated

September 25, 1929Benne�-Watkins Fire Rescue

Est. 1951

Benne� Park and Recreation DistrictEst. 2007

Benne� School DistrictEst. 1922

VFW Post #8449Est. 1947

THE TOWN OF BENNETT

1929 - 2019Bennett

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www.towno�enne�.org

The Town of Benne� is a statutory town located in both Adams and Arapahoe Counties. Benne� was incorporated on September 25, 1929. Our local historical society has done a great deal of research to dig into the origins of our town. Documents from the Bureau of Land Management show that four Bennet brothers (Hiram, John, Uriah and one un-named brother) filed homestead papers in 1862 for two sections (34 and 24) now in the Town of Benne�. These two sections were adjacent diagonally on the north and south to the current location of the Post O�ce in Benne� and, together with other sections homesteaded by the Bennet brothers, formed the Bennet Ranch. One of these brothers, Hiram Pi� Bennet, was a respected judge in the early territory of Colorado. Mr. Bennet was elected the first Territorial Representative for Colorado in 1862 and was instrumental in obtaining statehood for Colorado. Mr. H. P. Bennet went on to become the third Postmaster of Denver in 1869 and began developing a method of delivering mail to all the new pioneer people in rural areas. Through the years the English name of Bennet was Americanized to Benne�, first noted in railroad records; thus, the town name evolved from the old Bennet Ranch. The Town of Benne� was not incorporated until 1929, but long before that time, the family that originally homesteaded the town and for whom the town was named were leaders in the development of the state of Colorado and in forging communications for the

original se�lers of the area.