Benbow, California

History

The children of Arthur Benbow purchased 1,288 acres from Ernest Linser and also some land from John Kamper, Jack Bowden and a Mr. Peirce in 1922. It soon became apparent that ranching would not be sufficient to meet their needs so the family constructed the Benbow Inn resort hotel. In the early years the Inn was known as the Hotel Benbow and opened on July 17, 1926. The electricity for the hotel came from two diesel generators until a dam and powerhouse was completed on the south fork of the Eel River. The Tudorbethan style inn is still in operation on US Route 101 between Humboldt Bay and the San Francisco Bay Area.

The post office was established on December 30, 1929, and operated at Benbow until it was merged with the Garberville post office on January 31, 1953.

Demographics

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Benbow first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.

The 2020 United States census reported that Benbow had a population of 422. The population density was 86.5 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of Benbow was 81.3% White, 2.4% African American, 1.2% Native American, 1.2% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 4.0% from other races, and 10.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.4% of the population.

The census reported that 99.8% of the population lived in households, 0.2% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 199 households, out of which 19.6% included children under the age of 18, 35.7% were married-couple households, 13.1% were cohabiting couple households, 25.1% had a female householder with no partner present, and 26.1% had a male householder with no partner present. 38.7% of households were one person, and 13.1% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.12. There were 99 families (49.7% of all households).

The age distribution was 20.6% under the age of 18, 4.0% aged 18 to 24, 29.6% aged 25 to 44, 27.0% aged 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 41.7years. For every 100 females, there were 102.9 males.

There were 229 housing units at an average density of 46.9 /mi2, of which 199 (86.9%) were occupied. Of these, 59.3% were owner-occupied, and 40.7% were occupied by renters.

Government

State and federal

In the state legislature, Benbow is in , and .

Federally, it is in .

References

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