The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBenton Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 298.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 338 to 298 (-12%). Half of its homes were built before 2005.
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.
Start Benton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Benton’s history is told.
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Benton, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Benton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Benton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Knowlton Covered Bridge (Additional Documentation) in Washington, 3.7 miles away.
Benton and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.