Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Benton is a census-designated place in Mono County, California, United States. It is located 3 miles east-northeast of the community of Benton Hot Springs and 32 miles north of the community of Bishop, at an elevation of 5387 feet. The population was 280 at the 2010 census, up from 196 reported at 2000 by Mono County. Benton is in area code 760 and ZIP code 93512. It is also known as Benton Hot Springs because of the Hot Springs it features.