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Benton County

Benton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,646. 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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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)

Census ID (PID6): 107381
FIPS state: 28
FIPS county: 009
FIPS place: 99009
Census record name: COUNTY OF BENTON
Mailing address: PO BOX 218, ASHLAND 38603