Bendon, MI

Bendon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Benzie County in the U.S. State of Michigan. The 2020 census counted 210 residents. Bendon is located within Inland Township. The settlement developed around a sawmill and was first named "Kentville" after Albert Kent, a farmer who became the first postmaster on April 24, 1888. In Bendon, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Bendon, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Bendon was given a station on the now abandoned Chicago and West Michigan Railway. Bendon is located in the eastern part of Inland Township in eastern Benzie County. Bendon's eastern border is the Grand Traverse County line.