Benville, Illinois | |
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Coordinates: 39°51′51″N90°51′53″W / 39.86417°N 90.86472°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Brown |
Township | Buckhorn |
Named after | Ben Akright |
Elevation | 732 ft (223 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 62353 |
Area code | 217 |
GNIS feature ID | 422459 [1] |
Benville is an unincorporated community in Buckhorn Township, Brown County, Illinois, United States. Benville is southeast of Siloam Springs State Park.
The community is named after Ben Akright, who had a general store in the area in the 1850s. [2]