Annotations
BENTON A post village, capital of Franklin county, is situated on a prairie, near Big Muddy river, 152 miles south-east from Springfield. John G. Goessman, Postmaster. (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer...,1859)
Demographic
Total Population 1860
380
Geographic
Latitude
38.013199
Longitude
-88.917372
Type
City or Town
County
Franklin
State
Illinois