Benville is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Brown County,

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, United States. Benville is southeast of

Siloam Springs State Park Siloam Springs State Park is an Illinois state park on in Adams and Brown counties, Illinois, United States. History Siloam Springs State Park land was originally part of the military tract of western Illinois set aside to be given to comb ...

. The community is named after Ben Akright, who had a general store in the area in the 1850s.

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Unincorporated communities in Brown County, Illinois Unincorporated communities in Illinois {{BrownCountyIL-geo-stub