Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Butler
- Named after
- Thomas Benton Murdock
- Type
- Council-Mayor
- Mayor
- Tyler Gottschalk
- City manager
- Matt Engels
- Total
- 1.40 sq mi (3.62 km )
- Land
- 1.40 sq mi (3.62 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 1,375 ft (419 m)
- Density
- 675/sq mi (260/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 20-06175
- Website
- bentonks.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Benton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Butler County
- Population
- 943
- Area
- 3.592165
- Elevation
- 419
- Official website
- bentonks.org
- Image
- Circle Middle School (Benton, Kansas).jpg
- Households
- 352
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- Commons category
- Benton, Kansas
- postal code
- 67017
- inception
- 1909-01-06
- P8168
- Marina Silva
- water as percent of area
- 0
- different from
- Benton
- per capita income
- 42307
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Benton is a city in Butler County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 943. It is located northeast of Wichita along K-254 highway.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.