Illinois
Franklin
Benton Township

Benton

Benton is a city in and the county seat of . The population was 6,709 at the 2020 census. In 1839, was split roughly in half and the county seat was permanently fixed "at a hill at the south end of Rowling's Prairie", the site of the future city of Benton.
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  • Type: Town with 6,710 residents
  • Description: city in Franklin County, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Benton, IL” and “Benton, Illinois”
  • Postal code: 62812

Places of Interest

Highlights include Franklin County Courthouse and Franklin County Jail.

Courthouse
The is a government building located in Benton, Illinois. It took 620 days to complete from start to finish, costing around $13 million for the courthouse itself.

Prison
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The , located at 209 W. Main St. in Benton, is the former county jail of , . The jail was built in 1905–06 to replace the county's previous jail, which was built in the 1840s after the county seat moved to Benton.

Library
serves the town of Benton, Illinois, and the residents of the District. The is located at 502 S. Main St. in Benton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West City and Steel City.

Village
is a in , , . It is adjacent to the county seat of Benton. The population was 656 at the 2020 census.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Benton Township, , , . It is located about a mile east of the county seat of Benton on Illinois Route 34. is situated 2 miles east of Benton.

Village
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 4.0.
Hanaford is a village in , , . The population was 320 at the 2020 census. Hanaford is also known as . is situated 5 miles southeast of Benton.

Benton

Latitude
37.99672° or 37° 59′ 48″ north
Longitude
-88.92007° or 88° 55′ 12″ west
Population
6,710
Elevation
472 feet (144 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US BTQ
Open location code
869HX3WH+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153576239
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4233586
Wiki­data ID
Q575432
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Benton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بنتون”
  • Basque: “Benton”
  • Bengali: “বেন্টন”
  • Catalan: “Benton”
  • Cebuano: “Benton”
  • Chechen: “Бентон”
  • Chinese: “Benton”
  • Chinese: “本頓”
  • Croatian: “Benton”
  • Czech: “Benton”
  • Danish: “Benton”
  • Dutch: “Benton”
  • French: “Benton”
  • German: “Benton”
  • Gilaki: “بنتن”
  • Haitian: “Benton, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Benton”
  • Hungarian: “Benton”
  • Irish: “Benton”
  • Italian: “Benton”
  • Japanese: “ベントン”
  • Korean: “벤턴”
  • Ladin: “Benton”
  • Luxembourgish: “Benton”
  • Mazanderani: “بنتون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Benton”
  • Newari: “बेनटन, इलिनोइ”
  • Newari: “बेनटन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Benton”
  • Persian: “بنتون، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “بنتون”
  • Polish: “Benton”
  • Portuguese: “Benton”
  • Russian: “Бентон”
  • Serbian: “Бентон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Benton, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Benton”
  • Slovak: “Benton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بنتون، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Benton (Illinois)”
  • Spanish: “Benton”
  • Swedish: “Benton, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Benton”
  • Tatar: “Бентон (Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Бентон”
  • Ukrainian: “Бентон”
  • Urdu: “بینٹن، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “بینٹن”
  • Uzbek: “Benton”
  • Uzbek: “Бентон”
  • Vietnamese: “Benton, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Benton”
  • Volapük: “Benton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Benton, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Benton”
  • Welsh: “Benton, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Benton”

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Highlights include First Baptist Church of Benton and First United Methodist Church.

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