Benton County

Benton County is the name of nine counties in the United States:

  • Benton County, Arkansas
  • Benton County, Indiana
  • Benton County, Iowa
  • Benton County, Minnesota
  • Benton County, Mississippi
  • Benton County, Missouri
  • Benton County, Oregon
  • Benton County, Tennessee
  • Benton County, Washington
  • Calhoun County, Alabama was established as Benton County in 1832, and renamed in 1858.
  • Hernando County, Florida was named Benton County from 1844 through 1850.

Famous quotes containing the words benton and/or county:

    “All my life I’ve felt like somebody’s wife, or somebody’s mother or somebody’s daughter. Even all the time we were together, I never knew who I was. And that’s why I had to go away. And in California, I think I found myself.”
    —Robert Benton (b. 1932)

    “I believe the citizens of Marion County and the United States want to have judges who have feelings and who are human beings.”
    —Paula Lopossa, U.S. judge. As quoted in the New York Times, p. B9 (May 21, 1993)