# Benson

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 (California)
* Benson State Recreation Area, a state park in Oregon
* 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 (1811 ship)
* 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