Lake Benton (Lincoln County, Minnesota)

Lake Benton
Lake Benton
LocationLincoln County, Minnesota
Coordinates44°17′48″N 96°14′30″W / 44.29667°N 96.24167°W / 44.29667; -96.24167
Typelake

Lake Benton is a lake in Lincoln County, Minnesota, in the United States.

Lake Benton was named for Thomas Hart Benton, a United States Senator from Missouri.

A glacial lake, Lake Benton was at one time the largest lake in southwestern Minnesota. Due to the natural processes of evaporation and seepage affecting all glacial lakes, it is smaller now.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.