Benson
Benson is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 221 at the 2020 census. The town is on the southern border of Hamilton County and is northwest of Schenectady.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 186 residents
- Description: town in Hamilton County, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Benson, New York” and “Benson, NY”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Little Cathead Mountain and Cathead Mountain.
Little Cathead Mountain
Peak
Little Cathead Mountain is a summit located in the Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Benson northeast of the hamlet of Upper Benson. Little Cathead Mountain is situated 1½ miles northwest of Benson.
Cathead Mountain
Peak
Cathead Mountain is a 2,428-foot-tall mountain located in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. It is located north of the hamlet of Benson in Hamilton County. Cathead Mountain is situated 2 miles north of Benson.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hope and Northville.
Hope
Hamlet
Photo: Indefatigable2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hope is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 403 at the 2010 census. First settled in 1790 and established as a town in 1818, Hope is located in the southeastern corner of the county and is 49 miles northwest of Schenectady. Hope is situated 4 miles northeast of Benson.
Northville
Village
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Northville is a village in the northern part of the town of Northampton in Fulton County, New York, United States, northeast of Gloversville. The population was 993 at the 2020 census. Northville is situated 6 miles east of Benson.
Benson
- Categories: town in the United States, town of New York, and locality
- Location: Town of Benson, Hamilton, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.25221° or 43° 15′ 8″ northLongitude
-74.27856° or 74° 16′ 43″ westPopulation
186Elevation
1,165 feet (355 metres)Open location code
87M77P2C+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 158899730OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5108810Wikidata ID
Q3501740
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Uzbek—“Benson” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Benson”
- Chechen: “Бенсон”
- Chinese: “本森 (紐約州)”
- Chinese: “本森”
- French: “Benson”
- German: “Benson”
- Haitian: “Benson, New York”
- Haitian: “Benson”
- Hungarian: “Benson”
- Italian: “Benson”
- Low German: “Benson”
- Mainfränkisch: “Benson”
- Mazanderani: “بنسون (نیویورک)”
- Mazanderani: “بنسون”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Benson”
- Polish: “Benson”
- Spanish: “Benson”
- Tatar: “Бенсон”
- Turkish: “Benson, New York”
- Turkish: “Benson”
- Ukrainian: “Бенсон”
- Urdu: “بینسن، نیو یارک”
- Uzbek: “Benson, New York”
- Uzbek: “Benson”
- Uzbek: “Бенсон”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Benson Town Hall and Town of Benson.
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