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Benton, Illinois

city in Franklin County, Illinois, United States
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Benton, Illinois

Summary

Benton, Illinois is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Benton, Illinois is located in Franklin County[3].
  • Benton, Illinois is in the country of United States[4].
  • Benton, Illinois's image is recorded as Franklin County Courthouse.jpg[5].
  • Benton, Illinois's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[6].
  • Benton, Illinois's instance of is recorded as county seat[7].
  • Benton, Illinois's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 151335666[8].
  • Benton, Illinois's locator map image is recorded as Franklin County Illinois Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Benton Highlighted.svg[9].
  • Benton, Illinois's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85149079[10].
  • Benton, Illinois's postal code is recorded as 62812[11].
  • Benton, Illinois's Commons category is recorded as Benton, Illinois[12].
  • Benton, Illinois's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 126904[13].
  • Benton, Illinois's local dialing code is recorded as 618[14].
  • +1841-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Benton, Illinois[15].
  • Benton, Illinois's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 404187[16].
  • Benton, Illinois's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2394140[17].
  • Benton, Illinois's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.9967163, 'lon': -88.9200685}[18].
  • Benton, Illinois's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0s6_2[19].
  • Benton, Illinois's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 17-05300[20].
  • Benton, Illinois's official website is recorded as https://bentonil.com[21].
  • Benton, Illinois's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as b81829c3-d143-44cb-9b62-9fbe7489343c[22].
  • Benton, Illinois's population is recorded as {'amount': '+6880'}[23].
  • Benton, Illinois's population is recorded as {'amount': '+7087'}[24].
  • Benton, Illinois's population is recorded as {'amount': '+6709'}[25].
  • Benton, Illinois's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10040941[26].
  • Benton, Illinois's capital of is recorded as Franklin County[27].

Body

Founding

+1841-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Benton, Illinois[15].

Identity

Benton, Illinois's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Benton'}[28].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Benton, Illinois include Benton Municipal Airport[29], an airport[30], in United States[31].

Why It Matters

Benton, Illinois ranks in the top 7% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

Entities named for it include Benton Municipal Airport[29], an airport[30], in United States[31].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . GNIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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