Benton
Sign in to savecity in and county seat of Saline County, Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Saline
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Tom Farmer
- City council
- Frank Baptist , Kerry Murphy , Charles Cunningham , Joe Lee Richards , Bill Donnor , Jerry Ponder , Brad Moore , James Herzfeld , Steve Lee , Lori Terrell
- Total
- 23.42 sq mi (60.65 km )
- Land
- 22.88 sq mi (59.27 km )
- Water
- 0.54 sq mi (1.39 km )
- Elevation
- 472 ft (144 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 38,898
- Density
- 1,530.1/sq mi (590.77/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Zip code
- 72015, 72018-19, 72158
- Fips code
- 05-05290
- Website
- www .bentonar .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Benton is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Arkansas, United States. A suburb of Little Rock, it was established in 1837. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 35,014, making it the 12th most populous city in Arkansas. It is part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan area. The city of Benton, first settled in 1833 and named after Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton, was formally chartered in 1836 when Arkansas became a state.
History