The story
Read it all →How Benton Heights came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Benton Heights.
Benton Heights was formerly called "Euclid Center"; the present name was adopted in 1957.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Benton Heights
16% of Benton Heights’ homes were built before 1940
2 places in town are on the National Register. Below: 2 old photos and papers from 1880 on.
2on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
What stands out about Benton Heights’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Benton Heights’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Benton Heights’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.By decade
Benton Heights, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1880s2 items
1880
18801890s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your albumToday1 recent
2019Then & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Michigan - Berrien County - Benton Heights - ED 11-6A, ED 11-6B, ED 11-8A, 1880
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Benton Heights’ page.
Retake this view · +15On the National Register
2 listings protect 87 historic buildings
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
87
each building in a district counts
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Benton Heights
Nobody well known was born in Benton Heights itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Benton Heights’ history
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (3) and Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.