About Benton, Illinois

Benton is a city and the county seat of Franklin County, where the 2020 census recorded 6,709 residents. The village was organized in 1841 on land donated by John Ewing and Walter S. Akin. Coal, railroads, fertile soil, and industry contributed to the community's earlier growth.

  • County Seat OriginsAfter Franklin County was divided in 1839, its permanent seat was placed at the future site of Benton.
  • Named for a SenatorBenton was named for Thomas Hart Benton, a United States senator from Missouri.
  • Village to CityOrganized as a village in 1841, Benton became a city in 1902 under a mayor and commissioner government.
  • Harrison's 1963 VisitGeorge Harrison visited his sister in Benton in September 1963, marking the first American visit by a member of the Beatles.
  • A Noted ExecutionOn April 19, 1928, gangster Charles Birger was executed beside the county jail in Illinois's next-to-last public hanging.

Find your street

Names on the Benton map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Places and landmarks1

  • Benton Park

Streets and roads111

  • West Main Street
  • North Main Street
  • East Main Street
  • Bailey Lane
  • South Main Street
  • Mine 24 Road
  • County Highway 39
  • North Du Quoin Street
  • Petroff Road
  • South Pope Street
  • Robin Drive
  • North Central Street
  • East Illinois Street
  • East Taylor Street
  • Industrial Park Road
  • East Webster Street
  • East Wastena Street
  • South McLeansboro Street
  • Alexander Drive
  • North McLeansboro Street
  • North Frisco Street
  • Joplin Street
  • North Maple Street
  • East Bond Street
  • South Wilson Street
  • North Buchanan Street
  • Madison Street
  • South Commercial Street
  • Grand Street
  • East Smith Street
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  • Gardner Street
  • Melody Lane
  • First Street
  • Lawrence Street
  • Dial Street
  • Burkett Street
  • Lickliter Street
  • Eads Street
  • North Ward Street
  • West Webster Street
  • Election Street
  • West Church Street
  • Ash Street
  • North Ash Street
  • Anna Street
  • Carlton Street
  • Diamond Street
  • Highland Street
  • Hickman Street
  • North Stotlar Street
  • Airport Lane
  • East Center Street
  • Enterprise Street
  • West Park Street
  • Steph Street
  • Renshaw Drive
  • Jesse Street
  • Mundell Drive
  • Oak Street
  • Hillcrest Lane
  • East Park Street
  • Taft Street
  • West Adams Street
  • North Lincoln Drive
  • North Benton Road
  • Lake Shore Drive
  • North Ninth Street
  • Whisper Way
  • North Tenth Street
  • Lake Benton Road
  • East Ruth Street
  • West Hudelson Street
  • West Fifth Street
  • McFall Street
  • Glendale Street
  • South Duquoin Street
  • Cutler Street
  • North Franklin Drive
  • East Church Street
  • East Spani Street
  • Vale Street
  • Copple Street
  • Old Orchard Drive
  • East Washington Street
  • Iowa Street
  • Election Drive
  • Coach Lite Est
  • Susan Esther Street
  • Sheridan Drive
  • Lewis Drive
  • Kenneth Street
  • Carbon Street
  • Depot Street
  • East Adams Street
  • Clearview Place
  • Fairland Street
  • East Reed Street
  • College Street
  • Kirsch Street
  • Freeway Lane
  • Jones Street
  • Bunny Hop Road
  • Smith Street
  • Pruit Street
  • Pine Lane
  • Rend Lake Road
  • Mallard Drive
  • Hunter Circle
  • Lakeshore Drive
  • Bowling Alley Road
  • Carroll Street

Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.

The art of mapping a place

How This Map Was Made

Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.

  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

    The view from above

    Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.

  2. USGS elevation data rendered as shaded relief of Mendon, Massachusetts

    The shape of the land

    Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.

  3. Closeup of roads, waterways, and buildings on the Mendon, Massachusetts map

    The details of home

    Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.

  4. Finished Mendon, Massachusetts map shown in a black frame

    Geography becomes art

    Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.

Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.

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