Place:Benton, Mississippi, United States

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NameBenton
Alt namesBentonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates34.817°N 89.183°W
Located inMississippi, United States     (1870 - )
See alsoMarshall, Mississippi, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Tippah, Mississippi, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Old Harmony Cemetery
Pine Grove Cemetery
Inhabited place
Ashland
Black Jack
Brody
Canaan
Floyd
Hamilton
Hickory Flat
Hopewell
Lamar
Michigan City
New Canaan
Pine Grove
Snow Lake Shores
Spring Hill
Tippah
Winborn
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Benton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,729. 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.

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Date Event Source
1870 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1871 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1880 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1880 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1880 11,023
1890 10,585
1900 10,510
1910 10,245
1920 9,851
1930 9,813
1940 10,429
1950 8,793
1960 7,723
1970 7,505
1980 8,153
1990 8,046
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