Benton Township is one of sixteen townships in Elkhart County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,200, up from 2,963 at the previous census.
According to the 2020 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 70.1% of the township's population spoke only English, while 23.7 spoke an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language" (basically Pennsylvania German/German).
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.83%) is land and (or 0.17%) is water.
The township contains two cemeteries: Brown and Hire.