Benton
A borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania — population 805 as of 2020.
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September 10After 76 Years, Korean War Soldier from Locustdale Identified and Coming Home
More than 76 years after he disappeared during one of the Korean War’s early battles, a Locustdale soldier, who spent decades buried as an unknown in Hawaii, has been identified and will finally return home to Pennsylvania. Corporal Harry J. Guinther was just 20 years old when he…
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Benton by the numbers
- Area
- 0.6 sq mi (1.55 km²), 0.02 sq mi water
- Median age
- 55.9
- Households
- 274
- Persons per household
- 1.8
- Median house value
- $168,400
- Office
- BOROUGH SECRETARY
- Address
- PO BOX 520, BENTON, PA 17814