| Official Name: | Benton Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Monroe |
| Government Type: | Indiana township |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 56.61 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 54.92 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 1.69 |
| Area Water Percent: | 2.99 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 3260 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 61.1 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 253 |
| Elevation Ft: | 830 |
| Coordinates: | 39.2461°N -86.425°W |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 46151, 47401, 47408, 47468 |
| Area Codes: | 812, 930 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 453106 |
| Website: | bentontownshiptrustee.org/ |
Benton Township is one of eleven townships in Monroe County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,358 and it contained 1,716 housing units.[3]
Benton Township was established in 1833.[4] It was named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. Senator from Missouri.[5] Benton township was divided into Marion township to the north and Benton township to the south in August 1845.[6] The current township was formed in January 1916 when Marion township and Benton township merged back together to form a single township.[7]
Honey Creek School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 97.01%) is land and (or 2.99%) is water.[3]
The township trustee maintains four cemeteries: Fleener/Richardson, Stepp, Brock, and Taylor/McGowan/Frye.