History

In 1885 Benson Junction was known as Enterprise Junction. By 1918, it became known as Benson Junction. The area consisted primarily of a railroad junction of the Indian River Division, owned by Luther Caldwell and Elijah Watson. The Enterprise Branch consisted of a 3.9 mile stretch of railroad between Enterprise and Enterprise Junction. The railroad continued to Titusville

Titusville, Florida

Titusville is a city in Brevard County, Florida in the United States. It is the county seat of Brevard County. Nicknamed Space City, USA, Titusville is on the Indian River, west of Merritt Island and the Kennedy Space Center and south-southwest of the Canaveral National Seashore...

. Through consolidation, the railroad became part of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway

Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway

The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway was a railroad and steamboat network in Florida, USA at the end of the 19th century. Most of its lines became part of the Plant System in 1899 and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1902.-History:...

. In 1970, the tracks were removed.
The Ox Fibre Brush Company was founded in Sanford in 1884 by John K. Robinson. Brushes were made from the fibers of the native cabbage (sabal) palms, which have are both strong and flexible. The palms were harvested from a 500-600 acre plot of land owned by the company in what is now the Orlandia Heights subdivision. A few years later, the plant was moved to Jacksonville, Florida. In May 3, 1901, a fire in the plant destroyed the plant as well as a significant portion of Jacksonville. The plant was rebuild in Sanford, Florida, and in 1925, it was moved to a 40 acre site at Benson Junction, where brooms and brushes were produced until the plant closed in the 1970s.

During the prominence of the Ox Fibre Brush Company at Benson Junction, the area also had a post office and a grocery store.

Benson Junction was included in the boundaries of DeBary, when DeBary incorporated as a city in 1993.