The Benham Historic District, located in Kentucky, is home to a park and ten buildings that form the historic center of Benham's coal town (a town that provides residences for a population of miners near a coal mine)..
The Benham Historic District is a historic district encompassing ten buildings and a public park in Benham, Kentucky. The buildings form the historic center of the coal town of Benham. A coal town, also known as a coal camp or patch is typically situated in a remote place and provides residences for a population of miners to reside near a coal mine. 
