Benson

Benson may refer to:

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, a lake in California
 * 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
 * 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