Benton is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.

The town was granted by Governor Benning Wentworth on January 31, 1764, to Theophilus Fitch and others.

[4] At the suggestion of Governor Isaac Hill, the name was changed on December 4, 1840, to Benton,[5] in honor of Thomas Hart Benton, the Missouri senator who championed American westward expansion.

The Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad ran through the town, which once included the village of Glencliff.

A carriage road was built to the summit in 1870, so the hotel was enlarged in 1872 to accommodate 50 guests.

In 1920, the hotel and land were given to Dartmouth College, but in 1942, the Tip Top House burned.

[7] The highest point in town is the summit of Mount Moosilauke, at 4,802 feet (1,464 m) above sea level.