Benton County is located in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Indiana, along the border with Illinois. As of 2020, the county's population was 8,719. It contains six incorporated towns as well as several small unincorporated settlements; it is divided into 11 townships which provide local services. The county seat is Fowler. Benton County is part of the Lafayette, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Ambia is a town in Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 227 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Boswell is a town in Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 800 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Oxford is a town in Oak Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana. The population was 1,165 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Earl Park is a town in Richland Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 362 at the 2022 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Fowler is a town in, and county seat of Center Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,337 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Otterbein is a town in Shelby Township, Tippecanoe County and Bolivar Township, Benton County, Indiana, named for William Otterbein Brown who donated land for the town. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,144.
Atkinson is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The site of Atkinson is home to the county's only junior/senior high school, Benton Central.
Barce () is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Benton Central Junior-Senior High School is the only high school in Benton County, Indiana. It is located in Center Township, 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Fowler. In proximity to Atkinson, it is a part of the Benton Community School Corporation. The school mascot is the Bison.
Benton County Courthouse is a Second Empire style building in Benton County, Indiana that was built in 1874.
Chase is an unincorporated community in Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. Though virtually extinct, Chase still persists on state and county maps and retains a single business in the form of grain elevators operated by Boswell Chase Grain, Inc. A few miles away is the Daughtery Motor Speedway.
Dunn is an extinct town in Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Dunnington is a small unincorporated community in Parish Grove Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Freeland Park is an unincorporated town in Parish Grove Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Raub is an unincorporated community in York Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Sheff is an extinct town in York Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Swanington is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Talbot is an unincorporated community in Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Templeton is an unincorporated community in Bolivar Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Wadena ( wuh-DEE-nuh) is an unincorporated community in Union Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Otterbein Elementary School is one of two public elementary schools in Benton County, Indiana and is located in Otterbein, Indiana. The school mascot is the Red Devil. In 1972 half of the elementary, previously a high school, caught fire and burned down. Otterbein's first class was the class of 1910 and in 2010 Otterbein celebrated 100 years of being open.