Benton Station, Tennessee

Benton Station is an unincorporated community in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

[2] Benton Station received attention in 2017 for two notable events.

In January, a historic bridge in the area was renamed “Bear Lawson Bridge” by the Polk County Commission in honor of William “Bear” Hinton Lawson.

At a ceremony to celebrate the renaming, Polk County Executive Hoyt Firestone credited Lawson for donating land that allowed a railroad to run through the community in the early 1900s.

[4] Bluegrass musician Phil Lea performed at the event and announced he had written a song about the Benton Station community.