Benld (pronounced /bəˈnɛld/ bə-NELD) is a city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States.

Benld was declared the "most difficult to pronounce" place name in the state of Illinois by Reader's Digest.

[5] The name derives from founder Benjamin L. Dorsey (d. June 19, 1895), who was responsible for gaining the land on which the town was built and coal mining rights.

[11] It is one of the few known meteorites to strike a man-made object, punching a hole in the roof of Edward McCain's garage and embedding itself in the seat of his 1928 Pontiac coupe.

A neighbor, Mrs. Carl Crum, was standing about fifty feet from the impact and may be the individual who came closest to being struck by a meteorite in history up to that time.

The district was allowed to collect only $350,000 in mine subsidence insurance due to limits imposed by the state of Illinois.

The district is in line to receive funding from the Capital Development Board to help with the construction of a new elementary school.

The Ben-Gil Boosters, an organization formed to help raise funds for the construction of the new school, won $250,000 in April 2010 through Pepsi's Refresh Everything Campaign.

[15] Benld is located in southeastern Macoupin County in the southwest corner of Cahokia Township.

[2] A small unnamed runs through the center of Benld, flowing south to Cahokia Creek, a southwest-flowing direct tributary of the Mississippi River.