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Benton is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Illinois.The population was 6,709 at the 2020 census. [3] In 1839, Franklin County was split roughly in half and the county seat was permanently fixed "at a hill at the south end of Rowling's Prairie", the site of the future city of Benton.
Franklin County is a county in Southern Illinois. At the 2020 census , it had a population of 37,804. [ 1 ] The largest city is West Frankfort and the county seat is Benton . [ 2 ]
As of 2022, the latest estimates available, the population in the two counties was nearly 312,000, with POC accounting for more than 137,000. That’s 44%of the total.
Benton Township is one of twelve townships in Franklin County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 8,662 and it contained 4,222 housing units. As of the 2020 census, its population was 8,662 and it contained 4,222 housing units.
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.
West City is a village in Franklin County, Illinois, adjacent to the county seat of Benton. The population was 656 at the 2020 census. The population was 656 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ]
The last county, Ford County, was created in 1859. Cook County, established in 1831 and named for the early Illinois Attorney General Daniel Pope Cook, contained the absolute majority of the state's population in the first half of the 20th century and retains more than 40% of it as of the 2020 census.
As of the 2020 census [15] there were 2,697 people, 1,181 households, and 616 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,647.53 inhabitants per square mile (636.11/km 2). There were 1,351 housing units at an average density of 825.29 per square mile (318.65/km 2).