Benjamin is the county seat of Knox County, about 80 miles west of Wichita Falls on US277 & US82, almost halfway to Lubbock.

There is not much left of Benjamin. It is as desolate as Dickens, 63 miles to the west.

If you can pick out the Post Office, the square opposite (to the upper right) is the site of the Knox County court house.
The streets immediately surrounding the four sides of the court house are paved, as is the extension of US 82 running from the lower left to the upper right past the court house (Hays St as it passes through Benjamin), and the extension of TX Hwy 6 running from upper left to lower right past the court house (Hinton St as it passes through Benjamin).
All other streets in Benjamin are unpaved.

On the left corner, on the block opposite the Court House from the Post Office, there is a structure that has been identified as the vault of the First National Bank of Benjamin.

The First National Bank of Benjamin was opened in 1905 as charter 7669. It ceased operation on April 25, 1929.

It printed 1902 Red Seals and 1902 Plain Backs in $10 & $20 denominations.
The census records one 1902 $10 Plain Back, with no notice of a sale.
The Philpott-Moody has no specimen. The note is just out there somewhere.

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