Census Data for Benton
As far as we can tell, Benton has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Benton, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Millersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Goshen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Syracuse
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Milford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Ligonier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cromwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Middlebury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Topeka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Leesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Nappanee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- North Webster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wakarusa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
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- Bristol
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shipshewana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elkhart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Elkhart County ...
Benton is located in Elkhart County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Elkhart County.
Miscellaneous Information for Benton ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Elkhart County or the community of Benton:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Benton:
- GNIS ID for Benton: 430828
- GNIS ID for Elkhart County: 450348
- GNIS ID for State of Indiana: 448508
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 18 (Indiana)
- County Code: 039 (Elkhart County)
- Place Code: 04780 (Benton)
- State & County Code: 18/039 (Indiana / Elkhart County)
- State & Place Code: 18/04780 (Indiana / Benton)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Benton is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Benton.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Elkhart, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |