Benjamin, county seat and first town organized in Knox County, is located at the intersection of US 82 and Hwy 6, eighty-three miles southwest of Wichita Falls, and about the same distance north of Abilene.
Benjamin is the site of the colorful Moorhouse Park, dedicated by the state highway department in 1965. Four miles east of town is another popular tourist attraction known as the Narrows, a picturesque crest that separates the drainage basins of the Wichita River.
The town, which was incorporated in 1928, is located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and derives most of its income from farming, ranching, and oil. Benjamin had a population of 600 in 1940. It recorded 257 residents in 1980 and 225 in 1990.