Benton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Benton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBenton Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and includes all of the village of Winthrop Harbor, most of the village of Beach Park, and small portions of the cities of Zion and Waukegan. As of the 2020 census, its population was 19,082. Zion Township was formed from Benton Township on September 12, 1930.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 18,951 people in 2010, 19,082 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1983.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Benton yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Benton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Benton’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGeneral and Mrs. Logan's first co…, 1885: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Benton, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as General and Mrs. Logan's first cottage at Benton, Illinois and the house in which their daughter Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker… (1885) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.