Benton City Missouri Map

About Benton City, Missouri

Benton City is a locality in Audrain County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 866. The population density is 525.7 people per km². Benton City is located at 37.0993°N, 89.5605°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Benton City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 65232.

Benton City occupies a quiet expanse of the Missouri landscape where the earth settles into a patient, rhythmic stretch of farmland and prairie. It lies 6.8 miles east-southeast of Mexico, MO (from Mexico, MO: bearing 111°T), and is situated 19.2 miles southwest of Vandalia. Littleby Creek carves a shallow, wandering path through the soil, its presence marked by the thick, dark green of trees that lean over the water to catch the afternoon light. To the far horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Devils Backbone suggests a rugged world far removed from these level fields. The air here carries a dry, earthen clarity, especially toward dusk when the shadows from the barns grow long and the pale, flat sky turns the color of weathered limestone.

Benton City maintains a pace defined by the cycle of the seasons and the steady work of the agricultural economy that has sustained the families here for generations. Life feels tethered to the modest, functional architecture of the plains, where the occasional excursion toward Teal Lake Park or a fishing trip to the quiet waters of Howard Fairchild Lake serve as the primary diversions from the labor of the day. The local character is marked by a plain-spoken reserve, a legacy of the settlers who worked this land into productivity. Even in the stillness, there is a visible weight to the history of the place, reflected in the sturdy, unadorned buildings that house the town’s daily commerce and define its modest, enduring identity.

About This Benton City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Benton City, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.09934, -89.560521. 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 City includes the ZIP code (65232), telephone area code (573), county seat of Audrain County (Mexico), and school district assignment (Scott County R-IV School District).

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.