Benton, Illinois
City: Benton
County: Franklin
State: Illinois
Lat/Long: 37.9833, -88.9167
A U.S. Post Office was established in Benton in 1840, and the following year, it became the seat of Franklin County.
An Act Declaring the Town of Benton the Permanent Seat of Justice for the County of Franklin; James N. Adams, comp., Illinois Place Names (Springfield: Illinois State Historical Society, 1989), 292.