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Benton County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Named after
- Thomas Hart Benton
- Seat
- Vinton
- Largest city
- Vinton
- Total
- 718 sq mi (1,860 km )
- Land
- 716 sq mi (1,850 km )
- Water
- 2.2 sq mi (5.7 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 26,004
- Density
- 35.7/sq mi (13.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .bentoncountyia .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Thomas Hart Benton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- Vinton
- Capital
- Vinton
- Population
- 25575
- Area
- 1855
- Shares border with
- Tama County
- Official website
- www.cobentoniaus.com
- Image
- Benton County IA Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 10306
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- different from
- Benton County
- native label
- Benton County
- Commons category
- Benton County, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Benton County, Iowa
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- inception
- 1837-00-00
- per capita income
- 32221
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Benton County, Iowa
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Encyclopedic overview
Benton County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,575. Its county seat and largest city is Vinton. The county is named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. Senator from Missouri.
Benton County is part of the Cedar Rapids, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.