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Benton County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- January 3, 1835
- Named after
- Thomas Hart Benton
- Seat
- Warsaw
- Largest city
- Warsaw
- Total
- 753 sq mi (1,950 km )
- Land
- 704 sq mi (1,820 km )
- Water
- 48 sq mi (120 km ) 6.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 20,536
- Density
- 27.5/sq mi (10.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .bentoncomo .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Thomas Hart Benton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Capital
- Warsaw
- Population
- 19394
- Area
- 1949
- Shares border with
- Henry County
- Official website
- www.bentoncomo.com
- Image
- Ground Fog Sunrise On The Farm (228321961).jpeg
- Households
- 8060
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- native label
- Benton County
- different from
- Benton County
- Commons category
- Benton County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:Benton County, Missouri
- water as percent of area
- 6.4
- inception
- 1835-01-03
- per capita income
- 27310
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Encyclopedic overview
Benton County is a county located in the west central part of the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 19,394 as of the 2020 Census. Its county seat is Warsaw. The county was organized January 3, 1835, and named for U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri.
Geography
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