Benson may refer to:

Animals

* Benson (fish), largest common carp caught in Britain

Places

Geography

Canada

Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35 The Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 1 and Division No. 1. It is located in the southeast portion of the province. Hi ...

, Saskatchewan; rural municipality *

Benson, Saskatchewan Benson is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located between Estevan and Stoughton on Highway 47. Currently it has a curling rink, community hall and the municipal offices of Rural Municipality of Ben ...

; hamlet

United Kingdom

Benson, Oxfordshire Benson is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census gave the parish population as 4,754. It lies about a mile and a half (2.4 km) north of Wallingford at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, where a chalk stream, Ewe ...

United States

Benson, Arizona Benson is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, Cochise County, Arizona, United States, east-southeast of Tucson, Arizona, Tucson. It was founded as a rail terminal for the area, and still serves as such. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 c ...

Benson (Amtrak station) Benson station is a train station in Benson, Arizona. It is served by Amtrak's ''Sunset Limited'' and ''Texas Eagle'', which pass through Benson 3 days a week in each direction. There are no facilities for Amtrak passengers other than a small meta ...

in Benson, Arizona *

Benson, Illinois Benson is a village in Woodford County, Illinois, Woodford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 423 at the United States Census 2010, 2010 census, up from 408 in 2000. It is part of the Peoria, Illinois Peoria metropolitan area, Met ...

Benson, Louisiana Benson is an unincorporated community in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, United States. Located approximately halfway between Mansfield and Converse on the Kansas City Southern Railroad The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is an American Class ...

Benson, Maryland (disambiguation) Benson, Maryland may refer to: * Benson, Harford County, Maryland, an unincorporated community in Harford County * Benson, Howard County, Maryland, an unincorporated community in Howard County {{geodis ...

* Benson, Michigan * Benson, Minnesota *

Benson, New York Benson is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 192 at the 2010 census. The town is on the southern border of Hamilton County and is northwest of Schenectady. The current Town Supervisor is John M. Stortecky . ...

* Benson, North Carolina *

Benson, Pennsylvania Benson is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The town is more commonly known to locals as Hollsopple, which is also the United States Postal Service name for the town, zip code 15935. The pop ...

Benson, Utah Benson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cache County, Utah, United States. It is immediately south of Amalga, across State Route 218, and is west of the Logan-Cache Airport. The population was 1,485 at the 2010 census. It is included in t ...

* Benson, Vermont, a New England town **

Benson (CDP), Vermont Benson is the primary village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Benson, Rutland County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 269, out of 974 in the entire town. The CDP is in northwestern Rutlan ...

, the main village in the town * Benson, Wisconsin *

Benson County, North Dakota Benson County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 5,964. Its county seat is Minnewaukan, North Dakota, Minnewaukan. The county was created on ...

* Benson Lake, a lake in California *

Benson neighborhood (Omaha, Nebraska) Benson is a historic neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska. Now a pocket within North Omaha, Benson Place was originally platted in 1887 and was annexed into the City of Omaha in 1917. Actor Nick Nolte lived in the Benson area before moving to the Wests ...

* Benson Township, Minnesota

Education

* Benson High School (disambiguation) * Benson Idahosa University, private Christian university in Benin City, Nigeria *

Benson Polytechnic High School Benson Polytechnic High School is a technical public high school in the Portland Public Schools district. It is temporarily located in Portland's Lents neighborhood while a renovation project is underway at its campus in the Central Eastside ...

, public high school in Portland, Oregon * Florence C. Benson Elementary School, historic school building for African-American students, Columbia, South Carolina * J.E. Benson Public School, former elementary school in Windsor, Ontario, Canada * James Benson Dudley High School, Greensboro, North Carolina * Mount Benson Elementary School (Nanaimo), public elementary school in Nanaimo, British Columbia * Roanoke-Benson High School, comprehensive high school located at 208 West High Street, in Roanoke, Illinois * Omaha Benson High School Magnet, Benson, Nebraska

Structures

, in Benson, Arizona * Benson Block, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wapello County, Iowa * Benson Building (Ottumwa, Iowa), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wapello County, Iowa *

Benson Hotel The Benson Portland, Curio Collection by Hilton is a 287-room historic hotel building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. It is owned and operated by Coast Hotels & Resorts. It was originally known as the New Oregon Hotel, and is common ...

, in Portland, Oregon * Benson House (disambiguation) *

Benson Tower (disambiguation) Benson Tower can refer to several buildings: * Benson Tower (New Orleans) * Benson Tower (Portland, Oregon) See also *Benson Water Tower The Benson Water Tower was a water tower located on Clayton Street in Benson, Illinois, Benson, Illinois. ...

Benson Water Tower The Benson Water Tower was a water tower located on Clayton Street in Benson, Illinois, Benson, Illinois. The tower was built in 1891, in response to several serious fires in Benson; it supplied the village with water until 1985. The tall brick ...

, water tower located on Clayton Street in Benson, Illinois

Media and entertainment

* ''Benson'' (TV series), American sitcom (1979–1986) *Benson Dunwoody, a fictional character from the Cartoon Network animated series ''

Regular Show ''Regular Show'' (known as ''Regular Show in Space'' during its eighth season) is an American animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network. It ran from September 6, 2010, to January 16, 2017, over the course of eight seasons a ...

Military

* ''Benson''-class destroyer, World War II-era U.S. Navy ship class * RAF Benson, Royal Air Force station near Benson, Oxfordshire, England

People

Benson (given name) Notable people with the given name Benson: *Benson Abounu (born 1949), Deputy Governor of Benue State, Nigeria * Benson Barus (born 1980), Kenyan long-distance runner in marathon and half marathon competitions * Benson Dillon Billinghurst (B.D. Bill ...

* Benson (surname)

Products, companies, and brands

* Benson & Hedges, British brand of cigarettes *Benson International, American custom trailer and body business belonging to

International Industries James Howard Harless (October 14, 1919 – January 1, 2014), better known as Buck Harless, was an American coal and timber operator and philanthropist, who was renowned in the area of his hometown of Gilbert, West Virginia, for his extensive contr ...

* Benson Records, American record label (1902–2001) *

Kleinwort Benson Kleinwort Benson was a leading investment bank that offered a wide range of financial services from offices throughout the United Kingdom and Channel Islands. Two families, the Kleinworts and the Bensons, founded two different merchant banks in L ...

, former merchant bank based in London, sometimes known as ''Bensons''

Others

* * Benson (fish) (1984–2009), "Britain's biggest and best-loved" common carp *

Benson Medal The Benson Medal is a medal awarded by the Royal Society of Literature in the UK."The Benson Medal"

awarded by the Royal Society of Literature *

Benson Syndicate {{no footnotes, date=May 2015 The Benson Syndicate was an organized crime organization in the western United States which received contracts from the General Land Office (GLO) to perform land surveys of the public lands. It was led by, and named a ...

, American 19th century organized crime group *Benson's syndrome, a disease also known as

posterior cortical atrophy Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), also called Benson's syndrome, is a rare form of dementia which is considered a visual variant or an atypical variant of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The disease causes atrophy of the posterior part of the cerebral ...

Litigation

*'' Benson v. Alverson'', the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a state law limiting marriage to persons of the opposite sex did not violate the U.S. Constitution *''

Benson v SA Mutual Life ''Benson v SA Mutual Life Assurance Society''1986 (1) SA 776 (A). is an important case in South African contract law, particularly in the area of claims for specific performance. It was heard in the Appellate Division, by Michael Corbett (judge), ...

'', an important case in South African contract law, particularly in the area of claims for specific performance *''

Crowell v. Benson ''Crowell v. Benson'', 285 U.S. 22 (1932) is the landmark United States Supreme Court administrative law decision that outlined the adjudicatory authority of administrative agencies under Article III of the Constitution. The Court held that the Un ...

'', 285 U.S. 22 (1932), United States Supreme Court approved the adjudication of private rights by an administrative agency, not an Article III court *''

Gottschalk v. Benson ''Gottschalk v. Benson'', 409 U.S. 63 (1972), was a Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that a process claim directed to a numerical algorithm, as such, was not patentable because "the pate ...

'', a United States Supreme Court case on the patentability of computer software or algorithms (1972) *''

Pharaoh v. Benson The Montauk Point land claim was a series of three lawsuits brought by Chief Wyandank Pharaoh, nephew of the Stephen Talkhouse who died in the same year (1879) that the tribe lost the last remaining vestige of their territory in the New York sta ...

'' (Montauk Point land claim), three lawsuits brought by Chief Wyandank Pharaoh, nephew of the Stephen Talkhouse