Benville, Illinois

CountryUnited States

Elevation

^[1]

732 ft (223 m)

Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))

ZIP code

62353

Benville, Illinois
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°51′51″N 90°51′53″W / 39.86417°N 90.86472°W / 39.86417; -90.86472
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Brown
Township	Buckhorn
Named after	Ben Akright
Elevation [1]	732 ft (223 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	62353
Area code	217
GNIS feature ID	422459[1]

Benville is an unincorporated community in Buckhorn Township, 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.^[2]