Benson, North Carolina

• Community Notes
  

  A workshop on how to control fire ants in the landscape is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

• Counterfeit payroll checks surface in Johnston
  

  Someone is counterfeiting payroll checks and cashing them at banks and grocery stores in Johnston County.

• Counterfeit Check Scam Costs Benson Bank $14,000
  

  Johnston County Story sdf Caption By NBC17, NBC17, 2 hours, 51 minutes ago Updated: Aug.

• 30 men cash $10,000 in fake checks
  

  Police need the public's help solving an unusual counterfeit check cashing scheme.

• School Notes
  

  Cleveland High School is seeking donations of artifacts from the first Cleveland School, which operated from 1925 till 1969.

• Toll roads have many shortcomings
  

  Once upon a time, the case against toll roads was easy. Because time is money and because toll booths slowed traffic, toll roads were a burden on business.

• College Classes
  

  Johnston Community College has scheduled the following career-readiness classes.

• Two killed in crash on N.C. 43
  

  Fast driving during a heavy rainstorm left two people dead Friday afternoon and a 3-year-old girl without her parents.

• Four compete for 60 nursing facility beds in Johnston County
  

  Four applicants have filed competing applications with the Certificate of Need Section of the N.C. Division of Health Service Regulation to develop 60 nursing facility beds in Johnston County.

• Faith Notes
  

  The Stillwater Quartet will sing at 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15, at Thanksgiving Baptist Church, 6701 N.C. 42, two miles east of Buffalo Road near Clayton.

• Farm Notes
  

  AgCarolina Financial is accepting grant applications through its corporate-giving program, the Fund for Rural North Carolina.

• Community Notes
  

  A workshop titled "Becoming Aware of Your Needs" will meet at 10 a.m. Aug. 18 at Johnston-Lee-Harnett Community Action, 1102 Massey St., Smithfield.

City Description

Benson is a town located in Johnston County, North Carolina. The town lies at the intersection of Interstates 95 and 40. Each year Benson celebrates Mule Days the 4th Saturday of September, a festival that attracts over 60,000 people each year. In 2006, the estimated population was 3,374. Benson is located at 35°22'56" North, 78°32'46" West (35.382270, -78.546206). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.5 km²), of which, 2.1 square miles (5.5 km²) of it is land and 0.47% is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,923 people, 1,230 households, and 757 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,380.1 people per square mile (532.3/km²). There were 1,364 housing units at an average density of 644.0/sq mi (248.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 57.61% White, 34.04% African American, 0.48% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 5.78% from other races, and 1.57% from two or more races. 7.29% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 1,230 households out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.0% were married couples living together,

City Contained By:

• Johnston County
• North Carolina

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 5.43897503171 km squared

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