Benton Kansas Map

About Benton, Kansas

Benton is a locality in Butler County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 943. The population density is 260.4 people per km². Benton is located at 37.7889°N, 97.1086°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Benton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67017.

Benton occupies a vast, level expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon pulls the sky downward to touch the earth in a seamless, unbroken line. It lies 5.4 miles north-northeast of Andover, KS (from Andover, KS: bearing 16°T), and is situated 9.3 miles east of Kechi. The land here is defined by its austere, horizontal reach, broken only by the thin, jagged silhouette of cottonwoods that trace the path of Badger Creek two miles away. Light in this region possesses a peculiar, searching quality, bleaching the summer grasses to a pale straw color and casting long, sharp shadows that seem to stretch for miles across the flat, open fields. Even on days when the air is still, the memory of the wind remains in the bent posture of the weeds and the dust that dances in the golden, late-afternoon glare.

Benton maintains a quiet, industrial character, tethered to the expansive agriculture that has dictated the rhythm of local life for generations. While many residents seek recreation at Andover Cornerstone Park five miles away or find a different sort of solitude toward Meadow Lake seventeen miles to the north, the daily pulse of Benton is measured by the steady movement of grain and the maintenance of the regional rail lines. The architecture of the grain elevators serves as the primary verticality of the landscape, standing as stark, utilitarian monuments against the immense sky. Life proceeds with a deliberate, unadorned focus, anchored by the sturdy resilience of a people who have learned to measure their prosperity by the yield of the soil and the endurance of the seasons.

About This Benton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Benton, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.788904, -97.10865. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Benton includes the ZIP code (67017), telephone area code (785), county seat of Butler County (El Dorado), and school district assignment (Circle Unified School District 375).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.