Benton Township is a township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 1,323 at the 2020 census.
A Benton Township farm
Benton Township northeast of Benton and looking northwest
Benton Township in April
Fishing Creek is a 29.98-mile long tributary of the Susquehanna River in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It joins the Susquehanna River near the census-designated place of Rupert
Benton Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania
…has a total area of 19.9 square miles (51.6 km2), of which 19.7 square miles (51.0 km2) is land and 0.27 square miles (0.7 km2), or 1.32%, is water. Fishing Creek is the largest waterway in the township, flowing southwards across its western side. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,216 people, 489 households…
Fishing Creek near the Rupert Covered Bridge No. 56 between Montour Township and Bloomsburg
Fishing Creek in Sugarloaf Township
The mouth of Fishing Creek as seen from the Bloomsburg side
The East Branch of Fishing Creek at the Sullivan County – Columbia County line