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Welcome to Benton ...

So far, we found very little information about Benton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Benton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Benton, please Contact Us.


Benton would have been located within present day Marshall County<2>.


The location of Benton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Benton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1834.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Benton is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Benton was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Benton still existed, it would have been in the (931) area code.

Websites for Benton ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.marshallchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Benton, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Benton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Benton: This one is located in Marshall County and the other is located in Polk County.

Beyond Tennessee, 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, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ohio (5), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (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.

  • Columbia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Powell Chapel
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powell Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
    • Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
  • Pulaski
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Southport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
    • Southport is located in Maury County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
  • Wales
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wales have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
    • Wales is located in Giles County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
  • Chapel Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
    • Chapel Hill is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chapel Hill <5>
  • Unionville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Olivet
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olivet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
    • Olivet is located in Giles County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
  • Cornersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Graymere Manor
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graymere Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graymere Manor
    • Graymere Manor is located in Maury County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,222 people

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.

Adding Benton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Benton 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 for Benton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Benton post office opened in 1834.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Benton.

The official website for Marshall County: www.marshallcountytn.com/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Benton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Marshall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Benton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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