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>. 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.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Benton was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Benton was located: 931 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. 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 near Benton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Benton.
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 (so far) for Benton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Benton. Footnotes ...
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