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Benton County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- Samuel Benton
- Seat
- Ashland
- Largest town
- Ashland
- Total
- 409 sq mi (1,060 km )
- Land
- 407 sq mi (1,050 km )
- Water
- 2.0 sq mi (5.2 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,502
- Density
- 18.8/sq mi (7.25/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- bentoncountyms .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 7646
- Area
- 1058
- Official website
- bentoncountyms.gov
- Image
- Benton County Mississippi Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 3183
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- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Benton County
- Commons category
- Benton County, Mississippi
- inception
- 1870-00-00
- per capita income
- 21113
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Article
Benton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,646. Its county seat is Ashland. It is locally believed that residents convinced the post-Civil War Reconstruction government that Benton County was named after U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton, but the name actually honored Confederate Brigadier General Samuel Benton of nearby Holly Springs in Marshall County, nephew of the senator. Benton County is included in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography