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Welcome to Benton Center ...

Benton Center is located in Berrien County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Benton Center: Benton Ctr. (or less commonly used: Benton Cen., Benton Cent. or Benton Cntr.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Benton Center for more information about variations on the name of Benton Center.

Benton Center is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Benton Center lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Benton Center (for example, toward Hamlet (IN)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Benton Center: 269

Communities Also Named Benton Center ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Benton Center - it's located in New York.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Benton Center.

Communities near Benton Center ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Benton Center.

  • Benton Harbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Saint Joseph
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dowagiac
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hartford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Bridgman
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bangor
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Bangor is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bangor <3>
  • Berrien Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Watervliet
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Coloma
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Stevensville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Benton Center. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Benton Center.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Benton Center. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Benton Center.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Benton Center. See our Newspapers Page for Benton Center.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Benton Center ...

Looking for more information about Benton Center? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Benton Center, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Benton Center.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Berrien, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Benton Center - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.