Place:Benton, Indiana, United States

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NameBenton
Alt namesBentonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates40.617°N 87.317°W
Located inIndiana, United States     (1840 - )
See alsoJasper, Indiana, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Fleming Cemetery
Inhabited place
Ambia
Atkinson
Barce
Boswell
Chase
Dunn
Dunnington
Earl Park
Fargo
Foresman
Fowler
Freeland Park
Gravel Hill
Lochiel
Otterbein
Oxford
Raub
Swanington
Talbot
Templeton
Wadena
Yeagers Curve
Township
Bolivar
Center
Gilboa
Grant
Grove
Hickory Grove
Oak Grove
Pine
Richland
York
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Benton County is located along in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Indiana, along the border with Illinois. As of 2010, the county's population was 8,854. It contains six incorporated towns as well as several small unincorporated settlements; it is also divided into 11 townships which provide local services. The county seat is Fowler.

Benton County is part of the Lafayette, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

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Benton County was formed February 18, 1840. It is named for Thomas H. Benton (D), U.S. Senator from Missouri. The original county seat selected in 1843 was Oxford, but after a long struggle between contending factions it was moved to Fowler in 1874.

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Courthouse

The current Benton County courthouse, located in Fowler, was designed by Gordon P. Randall of Chicago and built in 1874 by Levi L. Leach at a cost of $62,257. The new courthouse was an impressive building from an architectural standpoint, but also provided much-needed improvements in security, including large fire-proof vaults. Randall had designed the Marshall County courthouse a few years earlier.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1840 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1882 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1850 1,144
1860 2,809
1870 5,615
1880 11,108
1890 11,903
1900 13,123
1910 12,688
1920 12,206
1930 11,886
1940 11,117
1950 11,462
1960 11,912
1970 11,262
1980 10,218
1990 9,441
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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~inbenton/

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