Bennett, IA

Bennett is a city in Cedar County, Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 347 residents. Bennett is home to a public school, Bennett Community School, whose district includes the town of Bennett. The town is home to a public school, Bennett Community School, whose district includes Bennett and surrounding rural areas as well as the neighboring town of New Liberty, Iowa. The school had been K-12, but beginning with the 2005–2006 school year, the junior and senior high school entered into a whole grade sharing agreement with a nearby school in Durant, primarily due to declining enrollment and budget shortfalls. Bennett's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Iowa setting. The local scoop is how Bennett's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet.