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History · Benton Township

Half of Benton Township’s homes were built after 2005

Most of Benton Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2005. Below: maps from 1960 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Benton Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Benton Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Benton Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Jolly
1842–1916
Trailrun
1862–1909
Poulton
1886–1906
Wanamaker
1890–1908
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BrownsvilleJerichoPoultonTrail RunWahanaker
Gone or out of use
Poulton Post Officepost office
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Benton Township
Brownsville MethodistBrownsville United PresbyterianGerman LutheranHenselJericho MethodistRings MillSaint Pauls Evangelical

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Benton Township’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.
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The story so far

Benton Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Benton Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Benton Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 298.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 338 to 298 (-12%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Benton Township, 1842 to 1960

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1842Post officeThe Jolly post office opens
  3. 1862Post officeThe Trailrun post office opens
  4. 1886Post officeThe Poulton post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1906Post officeThe Poulton post office closes
  7. 1909Post officeThe Trailrun post office closes
  8. 1916Post officeThe Jolly post office closes
  9. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Benton Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Map of Monroe County Ohio Highlighting Benton Township2015Map of Monroe County Ohio Highlighting Benton TownshipMapTownship Road 575 Bridge2014Township Road 575 BridgeBenton Township, OH, USA2013Benton Township, OH, USABenton Township, OH, USA - panoramio (3)2013Benton Township, OH, USA - panoramio (3)Benton Township, OH, USA - panoramio (2)2013Benton Township, OH, USA - panoramio (2)Benton Township, OH, USA - panoramio (1)2013Benton Township, OH, USA - panoramio (1)
On the map

Benton Township on the map, 1960 to 2002

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Benton Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Benton Township on the 1960 USGS mapBenton Township on the 1972 USGS mapBenton Township on the 1994 USGS mapBenton Township on the 2002 USGS map1960New Matamoras sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Benton Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Benton Township

Nobody well known was born in Benton Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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John MurthaAmerican politician from the U.S. state of Penn… · b. 1932
Bill BollingAmerican politician · b. 1957
John F. LaceyUnion Army officer · b. 1841
Mark FunkhouserAmerican mayor · b. 1949
William Gladstone SteelCrater Lake promoter and mail carrier · b. 1854
Garry LylePlayer of American football · b. 1945
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Perry Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrandview TownshipIts storyB

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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 (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.