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Benton County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- October 27, 1849 (created), 1850 (organized)
- Named after
- Thomas Hart Benton
- Seat
- Foley
- Largest city
- Sauk Rapids
- Total
- 413 sq mi (1,070 km )
- Land
- 408 sq mi (1,060 km )
- Water
- 4.8 sq mi (12 km ) 1.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 41,744
- Density
- 97.9/sq mi (37.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .co .benton .mn .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Thomas Hart Benton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Minnesota
- Capital
- Foley
- Population
- 41379
- Area
- 1070
- Shares border with
- Morrison County
- Official website
- www.co.benton.mn.us
- Image
- Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Gilman, MN.JPG
- Households
- 16482
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- Commons category
- Benton County, Minnesota
- topic's main category
- Category:Benton County, Minnesota
- inception
- 1849-10-27
- different from
- Benton County
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Benton County
- topic has template
- Template:Benton County, Minnesota
- per capita income
- 31515
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Encyclopedic overview
Benton County is a county in the East Central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 41,379. Its county seat is Foley.
Benton County is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Combined Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.