Do you know of Benson ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Benson. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Benson.

Our sources for Benson (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Benson other than they indicate that Benson would be found somewhere in Williamsburg County, South Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1889 and closed in 1913.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Benson ...

We found 28 communities that share the name Benson.

Within South Carolina, the name Benson is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 27 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Chilton County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Benson [Chilton County].
  - Etowah County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Benson [Etowah County].
  - Tallapoosa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Benson [Tallapoosa County].
- Arizona
  - Cochise County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Benson [Cochise County].
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Benson [Hillsborough County].
- Illinois
  - Woodford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Benson [Woodford County].
- Iowa
  - Black Hawk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Benson [Black Hawk County].
- Kansas
  - Sherman County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Benson [Sherman County].
- Kentucky
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Benson [Franklin County].
- Louisiana
  - De Soto Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Benson [De Soto Parish].
- Maine
  - Piscataquis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Benson [Piscataquis County].
- Maryland
  - Harford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Benson [Harford County].
  - Howard County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Benson [Howard County].
- Michigan
  - Oakland County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Benson [Oakland County].
  - Wexford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Benson [Wexford County].
- Minnesota
  - Swift County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Benson [Swift County].
- Mississippi
  - Jones County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Benson [Jones County].
- Missouri
  - Linn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Benson [Linn County].
- Nebraska
  - Douglas County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Benson [Douglas County].
- New Mexico
  - Roosevelt County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Benson [Roosevelt County].
- New York
  - Hamilton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Benson [Hamilton County].
- North Carolina
  - Johnston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Benson [Johnston County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Somerset County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Benson [Somerset County].
- Saskatchewan
  - Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Benson.
- Utah
  - Cache County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Benson [Cache County].
- Vermont
  - Rutland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Benson [Rutland County].
- West Virginia
  - Harrison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Benson [Harrison County].
- Wisconsin
  - Burnett County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Benson [Burnett County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Benson ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Benson:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Benson - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Williamsburg County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Williamsburg County.

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Benson could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

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A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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