Benld is a city in Macoupin County

Macoupin County, Illinois

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. The population was 1,541 at the 2000 census. The name derives from founder Benjamin L. Dorsey (d.June 19, 1895).

Dorsey was responsible for gaining the land on which the town was built and coal mining rights. When it came time to name the village, he took the combination of his first name and his middle and last initial.
Benld is located at 39°5′37"N 89°48′15"W (39.093555, -89.804260).

According to the United States Census Bureau

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, the city has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²), all of it land.
As of the census

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of 2000, there were 1,541 people, 676 households, and 415 families residing in the city.