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Benton Township, Franklin County, Illinois

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Franklin

Time zone
  
CST (UTC-6)

Elevation
  
118 m

Local time
  
Friday 6:16 AM

State
  
Illinois

Established
  
November 4, 1884

ZIP codes
  
62812, 62890, 62896

Area
  
95.1 km²

Population
  
8,972 (2010)

Benton Township, Franklin County, Illinois

Weather
  
-1°C, Wind NW at 6 km/h, 76% Humidity

Benton Township is one of twelve townships in Franklin County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 8,972 and it contained 4,220 housing units.

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Map of Benton Township, IL, USA

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.72 square miles (95.1 km2), of which 36.12 square miles (93.6 km2) (or 98.37%) is land and 0.59 square miles (1.5 km2) (or 1.61%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

  • Benton (east three-quarters)
  • Hanaford

    • Unincorporated towns

  • Steel City

    • Extinct towns

  • Groat
  • Logan
  • Smothersville

    • Cemeteries

    The township contains these nine cemeteries: Baxter, County Farm, Drummond, Franklin, Masonic-Oddfellow, Memorial Park, New Union, Rea and Swofford.

    Major highways

  • Interstate 57
  • Illinois Route 14
  • Illinois Route 34

    • Airports and landing strips

  • Bessie RLA Airport

    • Lakes

  • Vernons Lake

    • Political districts

  • Illinois' 12th congressional district
  • State House District 117
  • State Senate District 59

    • Adjacent townships

  • Ewing Township (north)
  • Northern Township (northeast)
  • Eastern Township (east)
  • Cave Township (southeast)
  • Frankfort Township (south)
  • Denning Township (southwest)
  • Browning Township (west)
  • Browning Township (northwest)

    • References

    Benton Township, Franklin County, Illinois Wikipedia
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