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Welcome to Benton ...

Benton is located in Carver County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Benton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1861.

Benton is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Benton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Benton: 952

Communities Also Named Benton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 40 communities that are also named Benton - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ohio (5), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (2), Texas and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Benton ...

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

  • Eden Prairie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Minnetonka
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Shakopee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Prior Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Chaska
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Chanhassen
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Waconia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Victoria
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mound
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mound is located in Hennepin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,404 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mound <3>
  • Minnetrista
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Benton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Benton. 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.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Benton ...

Looking for more information about Benton? 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, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Benton.

Adding Benton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Benton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Benton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Benton post office opened in 1861. The Benton post office closed in 1883.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Benton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Carver, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Benton - 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.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/