Benton
Benton is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. It was formed in 1842, as a subdivision of the town of Clinton. The population was 2,715 at the 2020 census. The town was named for Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,720 residents
- Description: town in Maine, United States
- Also known as: “Benton, Maine” and “Benton, ME”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Benton Grange No. 458.
Benton Grange No. 458
Community center
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The Benton Grange No. 458 is an historic Grange hall at 29 River Road in Benton, Maine, USA. Built in 1915, it is one of the rural community's largest buildings, serving for many years as a social and civic venue for the town. Benton Grange No. 458 is situated 1½ miles west of Benton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fairfield and Shawmut.
Fairfield
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Fairfield is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,484 at the 2020 census. The town includes Fairfield Center, Fairfield village and Hinckley, and borders the city of Waterville to the south.
Shawmut
Village
Shawmut is an unincorporated village in the town of Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, United States. The community is located along U.S. Route 201 and the Kennebec River, which is dammed at the village; it is 11.5 miles south-southeast of Skowhegan. Shawmut is situated 3½ miles northwest of Benton.
Clinton
Village
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Clinton is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The town was named for New York Governor DeWitt Clinton. The population was 3,370 at the 2020 census. Clinton is situated 4 miles northeast of Benton.
Benton
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Town of Benton, Kennebec, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.58618° or 44° 35′ 10″ northLongitude
-69.55088° or 69° 33′ 3″ westPopulation
2,720Elevation
98 feet (30 metres)United Nations Location Code
US BTZOpen location code
87PGHCPX+FJOpenStreetMap ID
node 158904580OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Benton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Benton”
- Catalan: “Benton”
- Cebuano: “Benton”
- Central Kurdish: “بێنتۆن”
- Chechen: “Бентон”
- Chinese: “本頓”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بينتون، مين”
- French: “Benton”
- German: “Benton”
- Haitian: “Benton, Maine”
- Haitian: “Benton”
- Hungarian: “Benton”
- Italian: “Benton”
- Kazakh: “Бэнтон”
- Kirghiz: “Бэнтон”
- Mazanderani: “بنتون”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Benton”
- Norwegian: “Benton”
- Polish: “Benton”
- Russian: “Бентон”
- Spanish: “Benton”
- Swedish: “Benton, Maine”
- Swedish: “Benton”
- Tatar: “Бентон”
- Turkish: “Benton”
- Ukrainian: “Бентон”
- Urdu: “بینٹن، مینے”
- Urdu: “بینٹن”
- Volapük: “Benton”
- Welsh: “Benton, Maine”
- Welsh: “Benton”
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