Benton Federal Courthouse

Benton Federal Courthouse is a courthouse in , , which is located on West Main. Benton Federal Courthouse is situated nearby to the prison , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Franklin County Jail and Franklin County Courthouse.

Prison
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The , 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.

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 730 feet east of Benton Federal Courthouse.

Library
serves the town of , and the residents of the District. The is located at 502 S. Main St. in Benton. is situated 2,300 feet south of Benton Federal Courthouse.

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 Benton Federal Courthouse.

Benton Federal Courthouse

Latitude
37.99714° or 37° 59′ 50″ north
Longitude
-88.92304° or 88° 55′ 23″ west
Elevation
469 feet (143 metres)
Operator
United States District Court of Southern Illinois
Open location code
869HX3WG+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1395996060
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­courthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
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