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Benton

Also known as Benton, Arkansas, Benton, AR

city in and county seat of Saline County, Arkansas, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Arkansas
County: Saline
Type: Mayor-Council
Mayor: Tom Farmer
City council: Frank Baptist , Kerry Murphy , Charles Cunningham , Joe Lee Richards , Bill Donnor , Jerry Ponder , Brad Moore , James Herzfeld , Steve Lee , Lori Terrell
Total: 23.42 sq mi (60.65 km )
Land: 22.88 sq mi (59.27 km )
Water: 0.54 sq mi (1.39 km )
Elevation: 472 ft (144 m)
Estimate 2025: 38,898
Density: 1,530.1/sq mi (590.77/km )
Time zone: UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
Summer dst: UTC-5 (CDT)
Zip code: 72015, 72018-19, 72158
Fips code: 05-05290
Website: www .bentonar .org

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Benton
Population: 35014
Area: 58.936475
Elevation: 124
Official website: www.benton.ar.gov
Image: Saline County Courthouse (Benton, Arkansas).jpg
Households: 13993
Dialing code: 501

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Commons category: Benton, Arkansas
postal code: 72019
inception: 1833-01-01
water as percent of area: 2.2502
P8168: cyborg
water area: 1.326169
per capita income: 30791

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Article

Benton is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Arkansas, United States. A suburb of Little Rock, it was established in 1837. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 35,014, making it the 12th most populous city in Arkansas. It is part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan area. The city of Benton, first settled in 1833 and named after Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton, was formally chartered in 1836 when Arkansas became a state.

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