Bentonville, Texas

Bentonville [ [http://abstusa.com/tx/bentonville Bentonville, Texas] ] is an unincorporated community in Jim Wells County, Texas, United States. It lies on State Highway 44 seven miles east of Alice in east central Jim Wells County.

History

A post office established here in 1910 operated until 1932. Bentonville was named for an early settler. By 1914 the community had a population of fifty, two general stores, a cotton gin, and a blacksmith. A stop on the Texas Mexican Railway was also established there that year. By 1936 the town had only scattered dwellings and farm units. In 1949 it had a population of twenty and one business. The population remained constant in the 1950s and 1960s and decreased to fifteen in 1974. In 1979 the community had scattered dwellings, a windmill, an oil well, and was a stop on the Texas-Mexican Railway. In 2000 the population was still fifteen [ [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/hnb26.html Handbook of Texas Online] ] .

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