Editing Benjamin, Utah

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|map_caption              = Location in [[Utah County, UT|Utah County]] and the state of [[Utah]]
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Utah]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Utah County, Utah|Utah]]
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|founder                  = Benjamin Franklin Stewart
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|postal_code              = 84660
|area_code                = [[Area code 801|801]]
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|blank_info               = 49-04720<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website |df=dmy }}</ref>
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'''Benjamin''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Utah County, Utah|Utah County]], [[Utah]], United States. It is part of the [[Provo, Utah|Provo]]&ndash;[[Orem, Utah|Orem]] [[Provo-Orem metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. The population was 1,145 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Benjamin CDP, Utah |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=March 9, 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==History==
The first settlement at Benjamin was made ''circa'' 1860.<ref name="History">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7M3AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA13 | title=The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Volumes 9-10 | year=1918 | page=13}}</ref> A post office called Benjamin was established in 1892, and remained in operation until 1902.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=UT&county=Utah| title=Post Offices | access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>   The community has the name of Benjamin F. Stewart, a first settler.<ref name="History" />

Some residents made a request in February 2009 to make Benjamin an [[incorporated town]], in an effort to prevent [[annexation]] by the neighboring cities of [[Salem, Utah|Salem]], [[Spanish Fork, Utah|Spanish Fork]], and [[Payson, Utah|Payson]].<ref>{{cite news | author = Rodger L. Hardy | title = Debate about Benjamin's future stirs emotions | newspaper = [[Deseret News]] | date = 19 February 2009 | url = http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705286109/Debate-about-Benjaminaposs-future-stirs-emotions.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120724130255/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705286109/Debate-about-Benjaminaposs-future-stirs-emotions.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = July 24, 2012 | access-date = 28 September 2009}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|12.4|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,029 people, 299 households, and 269 families residing in the CDP. The [[population density]] was 83.3 people per square mile (32.2/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 310 housing units at an average density of 25.1/sq&nbsp;mi (9.7/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.64% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.49% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.19% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.39% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.29% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.46% of the population.

There were 299 households, out of which 45.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 81.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 9.7% were non-families. 9.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.44 and the average family size was 3.67.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 33.3% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.4 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $46,458, and the median income for a family was $55,238. Males had a median income of $34,643 versus $21,151 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $18,569. None of the families and 2.2% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and 9.2% of those over 64.

==See also==
{{portal|Utah}}
* [[List of census-designated places in Utah]]

==References==
{{reflist|22em}}

==External links==
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{{Utah County, Utah}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Utah]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Utah County, Utah]]
[[Category:Provo–Orem metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1860]]