Benton Township is a

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in Lake County,

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, United States, and includes all of the village of

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, most of the village of Beach Park, and small portions of the cities of

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 18,951. Zion Township was formed from Benton Township on September 12, 1930.

Geography

Benton Township covers an area of ; of this, or 1.92 percent is water. Lakes in this township include Sand Pond. The streams of Bull Creek and Dead River run through this township.

Cities and towns

* Beach Park *

Adjacent townships

* Pleasant Prairie Township (north) * Bristol Township (northwest) * Zion Township (center) * Newport Township (west) * Waukegan Township (south) * Warren Township (southwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains nine cemeteries: Benton Greenwood, Briggs Family, Buffalo Grove Catholic, Catholic, Colchester, County Line, Cranberry Lake, Pineview and Rosecrans.

Major highways

Illinois Route 137 Illinois Route 137 (IL 137) is a state highway in northeast Illinois. It runs from the Wisconsin state line north of Winthrop Harbor south to North Chicago, west to Libertyville, and then back northwest to Grayslake, terminating ...

Airports and landing strips

Waukegan Regional Airport Waukegan National Airport is a public airport in Waukegan, in Lake County, Illinois. The airport is north of Chicago. It was originally Waukegan Memorial Airport. It has been operated by the Waukegan Port District since 1956. In January 2014 u ...

Demographics

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

External links

Benton Township official website

US Census

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