Benson Explained

Benson may refer to:

Places

Geography

Canada

• Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35, Saskatchewan; rural municipality
• Benson, Saskatchewan

hamlet

United Kingdom

• Benson, Oxfordshire

United States

• Benson, Arizona
  • Benson (Amtrak station) in Benson, Arizona
• Benson, Illinois
• Benson, Louisiana
• Benson, Harford County, Maryland
• Benson, Howard County, Maryland
• Benson, Michigan
• Benson, Minnesota
• Benson, Nebraska, a neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska
• Benson, New York
• Benson, North Carolina
• Benson, Pennsylvania
• Benson, Utah
• Benson, Vermont, a New England town
  • Benson (CDP), Vermont, the main village in the town
• Benson, Wisconsin
• Benson County, North Dakota
• Benson Lake, a lake in California
• Benson Township, Minnesota

Education

• Benson High School (disambiguation)
• Benson Idahosa University, a private Christian university in Benin City, Nigeria
• Benson Polytechnic High School, a public high school in Portland, Oregon
• Florence C. Benson Elementary School, a historic school building for African-American students, Columbia, South Carolina
• J.E. Benson Public School, a former elementary school in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
• James Benson Dudley High School, Greensboro, North Carolina
• Mount Benson Elementary School (Nanaimo), a public elementary school in Nanaimo, British Columbia
• Roanoke-Benson High School, a comprehensive high school located at 208 West High Street, in Roanoke, Illinois
• Omaha Benson High School Magnet, Benson, Nebraska

Structures

• Benson (Amtrak station), in Benson, Arizona
• Benson Block, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wapello County, Iowa
• Benson Building (Ottumwa, Iowa), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wapello County, Iowa
• Benson Hotel, in Portland, Oregon
• Benson House (disambiguation)
• Benson Tower (disambiguation)
• Benson Water Tower, water tower located on Clayton Street in Benson, Illinois

Media and entertainment

• Benson (TV series), an American sitcom (1979–1986)
• "Benson, Arizona", the opening and closing theme song for the John Carpenter film Dark Star

Litigation

• Baker v. Nelson, a 1971 Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that a state law limiting marriage to persons of the opposite sex did not violate the U.S. Constitution
• Benson v SA Mutual Life, a 1985 case in South African contract law, particularly in the area of claims for specific performance
• Crowell v. Benson, a 1932 United States Supreme Court case that approved the adjudication of private rights by an administrative agency, not an Article III court
• Gottschalk v. Benson, a 1972 United States Supreme Court case on the patentability of computer software or algorithms
• Pharaoh v. Benson (Montauk Point land claim), three lawsuits brought by Chief Wyandank Pharaoh, nephew of the Stephen Talkhouse

Military

• Benson-class destroyer, World War II-era U.S. Navy ship class
• RAF Benson, Royal Air Force station near Benson, Oxfordshire, England

People

• Benson (given name)
• Benson (surname)

Products, companies, and brands

• Benson & Hedges, British brand of cigarettes
• Benson International, American custom trailer and body business belonging to International Industries
• Benson Records, American record label (1902–2001)
• Kleinwort Benson, former merchant bank based in London, sometimes known as Bensons

Others

• • Benson (fish), the largest common carp caught in Britain
• Benson Medal, awarded by the Royal Society of Literature
• Benson Syndicate, an American 19th-century organized crime group
• Benson's syndrome, a disease also known as posterior cortical atrophy

See also

• Mount Benson (disambiguation)
• Justice Benson (disambiguation)