Benham is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, in the United States.

Kentucky Route 160 is Benham's Main Street, leading west 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to Cumberland and east through Lynch 9 miles (14 km) to the Virginia border at the crest of Black Mountain just north of its summit, the highest point in Kentucky.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Benham has a total area of 0.23 square miles (0.6 km2), all of it land.

There were 288 housing units at an average density of 730.4 per square mile (282.0/km2).

26.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.