Welcome to Benson ...Benson is located in Linn County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Benson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897. Benson is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Benson lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Benson: 660 Communities Also Named Benson ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Benson - they are located in Alabama (3), Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Benson. Communities near Benson ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Benson.
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 Benson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Benson. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Benson. 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 Benson. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Benson. See our Newspapers Page for Benson. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Benson ...Looking for more information about Benson? 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 Benson, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Benson. Adding Benson to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Benson in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Benson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Benson. Footnotes ...
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