Official Name: | Benville, Illinois |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Illinois#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Brown |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 732 |
Coordinates: | 39.8642°N -90.8647°W |
Area Code: | 217 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 422459 |
Benville is an unincorporated community in 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.[1]