Benton Township, Lake County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

42°27′50″N 87°50′35″W / 42.46389°N 87.84306°W / 42.46389; -87.84306CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyLakeEstablishedNovember 6, 1849Area

• Total14.9 sq mi (38.5 km²) • Land14.6 sq mi (37.8 km²) • Water0.3 sq mi (0.7 km²)Elevation

666 ft (203 m)Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)^[1]

18,973Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)FIPS code17-097-05326Websitewww.bentontownship.com

Benton Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and includes all of the village of Winthrop Harbor, most of the village of Beach Park, and small portions of the cities of Zion and Waukegan. As of the 2010 census, its population was 18,951.^[2] Zion Township was formed from Benton Township on September 12, 1930.

Geography

Benton Township covers an area of 14.9 square miles (38.5 km²); of this, 0.27 square miles (0.7 km²) or 1.92 percent is water.^[2] Lakes in this township include Sand Pond. The streams of Bull Creek and Dead River run through this township.

Cities and towns

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

Airports and landing strips

Waukegan Regional Airport

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	18,973	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Benton township, Lake County, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.