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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Marshall
- Total
- 5.10 sq mi (13.20 km )
- Land
- 5.04 sq mi (13.05 km )
- Water
- 0.058 sq mi (0.15 km )
- Elevation
- 423 ft (129 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 4,726
- Density
- 944.1/sq mi (364.52/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Area codes
- 270 & 364
- Fips code
- 21-05824
- Website
- https://benton.ky.gov/
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Encyclopedic overview
Benton is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Marshall County, Kentucky, United States. The current mayor of this city is Rita Dotson. The population was 4,756 at the 2020 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.