Illinois
Franklin
Benton Township

Franklin County Jail

The Franklin County Jail, located at 209 W. Main St. in , 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.
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  • Type: Prison
  • Description: county jail in Benton, Illinois
  • Address: IL

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Franklin County Courthouse and Benton Public Library.

Courthouse
The is a government building located in . It took 620 days to complete from start to finish, costing around $13 million for the courthouse itself. is situated 540 feet east of Franklin County Jail.

Library
serves the town of , and the residents of the District. The is located at 502 S. Main St. in Benton. is situated 2,200 feet south of Franklin County Jail.

Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
is a city-owned, public-use located 1 nautical mile west of the central business district of , a city in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Benton and West City.

Town
Photo: Aplucas0703, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 .

Village
is a in , , . It is adjacent to the county seat of . 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 on Illinois Route 34. is situated 2½ miles east of Franklin County Jail.

Franklin County Jail

Latitude
37.99703° or 37° 59′ 49″ north
Longitude
-88.92239° or 88° 55′ 21″ west
Elevation
472 feet (144 metres)
Open location code
869HX3WH+R2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 368068340
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­prison
Geo­Names ID
4238985
Wiki­data ID
Q14687508
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Franklin County Jail”. Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.