Benton Township
Benton Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and includes all of the village of Winthrop Harbor, most of the village of Beach Park, and small portions of the cities of Zion and Waukegan.- Type: Locality with 19,100 residents
- Description: township in Lake County, Illinois
- Also known as: “Benton Township, Lake County, Illinois” and “Township of Benton”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Waukegan Regional Airport and Zion-Benton Township High School.
Waukegan Regional Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.Illinois Beach State Park
Nature reserve
Photo: Wrongdave, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zion and Beach Park.
Zion
Town
Beach Park
Town
Beach Park is a village in Benton and Waukegan townships of Lake County, Illinois, United States.
Wadsworth
Village
Wadsworth is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Wadsworth is situated 2 miles west of Benton Township.
Benton Township
- Categories: township in the United States and township of Illinois
- Location: Lake, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.4283° or 42° 25′ 42″ north
Longitude
-87.8639° or 87° 51′ 50″ west
Population
19,100
Elevation
705 feet (215 metres)
Open location code
86JJC4HP+8C
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Benton Township” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Benton udalerria, Lake konderria (Illinois)”
- Basque: “Benton udalerria, Lake konderria”
- Chinese: “本頓鎮區 (伊利諾伊州萊克縣)”
- Chinese: “本頓鎮區”
- French: “Benton Township”
- German: “Benton Township”
- Portuguese: “Benton Township, Lake County, Illinois”
- Portuguese: “Benton”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Benton (condado de Lake, Illinois)”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Benton”
- Turkish: “Benton Township”
- Urdu: “بینٹن ٹاؤن شپ، لیک کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “بینٹن ٹاؤن شپ”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Benton, Quận Lake, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Benton”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bancroft Corners and Beach Station.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Greenshire Golf Course and Benton Greenwood Cemetery.
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