Benton Park, California

About Benton Park

Benton Park is a small unincorporated community in southern California.

Benton Park holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.75 square miles.

📰 Benton Park News Today

• Suspect sought after stolen bulldozer crashes into building 23ABC News Bakersfield · Mar 9
• Photos: At Home with Rikki Watts and Dwayne Tiggs in Benton Park STLtoday.com · Jun 13
• The Case for Accessory Commercial Units in St. Louis NextSTL · May 20
• Benton Park, California Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 18
• Housing Authority of Kern celebrates grand opening of Benton Park Cottages bakersfieldnow.com · Feb 16

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Benton Park Unique

• The only place in America named Benton Park — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Easy reach of Bakersfield (1 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Benton Park

• It's Boba Time — bubble tea (café)
• Panini Kabob Grill
• Texas Roadhouse — steak house
• Denny's — american
• IHOP — breakfast
• Los Panchos — mexican
• Shake N' Buns — burger
• Straw Man Restaurant
• Tacos La Villa Mexican Grill — mexican

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Benton Park

• Planz Park reviews ★
• Wayside Park reviews ★
• Wilson Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Benton Park

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