Benton

Benton County is located in the northwest part of the U.S. state of , along the border with . As of 2020, the county's population was 8,719.
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  • Type: County with 8,650 residents
  • Description: county in Indiana, United States
  • Also known as: “Benton County”, “Benton County, IN”, and “Benton County, Indiana”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Benton County Courthouse and Fowler Theatre.

Courthouse
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
is a Second Empire style building in Benton County, Indiana that was built in 1874. It was nominated for listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, and it was listed on the National Register on August 1 of that year.

Movie theater
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a historic theater located at Fowler, Indiana. It was built in 1940, and is a one-storey, Art Deco style . It is a red brick building on a concrete foundation and features the original marquee.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swanington and Barce.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of . It is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of . Originally known as East Fowler, a railroad station on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Coal Railroad, the platted community was renamed after Lyman around 1890.

Benton

Latitude
40.6034° or 40° 36′ 12″ north
Longitude
-87.3235° or 87° 19′ 25″ west
Population
8,650
Elevation
801 feet (244 metres)
Open location code
86GJJM3G+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316954393
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4917993
Wiki­data ID
Q504445
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Benton” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Benton County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بينتون”
  • Armenian: “Բենտոն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Benton”
  • Basque: “Benton konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Benton County, Indiana”
  • Bavarian: “Benton County”
  • Bishnupriya: “বেন্টন কাউন্টি, ইন্ডিয়ানা”
  • Bishnupriya: “বেন্টন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Бентън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Benton”
  • Cebuano: “Benton County”
  • Chechen: “Бентон (гуо, Индиана)”
  • Chechen: “Бентон”
  • Chinese: “Benton Kūn”
  • Chinese: “本頓縣 (印地安納州)”
  • Chinese: “本頓縣”
  • Chinese: “本顿县”
  • Dutch: “Benton County”
  • Esperanto: “Benton County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Benton”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Benton”
  • Estonian: “Bentoni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Bentonin piirikunta”
  • French: “Benton County”
  • French: “comté de Benton”
  • French: “Comté de Benton”
  • Georgian: “ბენტონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Benton County”
  • Gilaki: “بنتون ٚ شأرستان (اينديانا)”
  • Gilaki: “بنتون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Μπέντον”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Μπέντον”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז בנטון”
  • Hindi: “बेंटन काउंटी, इंडियाना”
  • Hindi: “बेंटन काउंटी”
  • Hungarian: “Benton megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Benton”
  • Italian: “Benton County”
  • Italian: “contea di Benton”
  • Italian: “Contea di Benton”
  • Japanese: “ベントン郡”
  • Korean: “벤턴군”
  • Low German: “Benton County”
  • Mazanderani: “بنتون شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Benton Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Benton Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Benton County i Indiana”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Benton County”
  • Norwegian: “Benton County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان بنتون، ایندیانا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان بنتون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Benton”
  • Portuguese: “Benton County”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Benton”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Benton”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Benton, Indiana”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Benton”
  • Russian: “Бентон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Benton”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Benton County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Бентон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Benton County, Indiana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Benton County”
  • Slovenian: “Benton County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Benton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بنتون بؤلگه‌سی، ایندیانا”
  • Spanish: “Benton County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Benton”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Benton”
  • Swedish: “Benton County, Indiana”
  • Swedish: “Benton County”
  • Tatar: “Бентон (округ, Индиана)”
  • Tatar: “Бентон”
  • Turkish: “Benton County, IN”
  • Turkish: “Benton County, Ind.”
  • Turkish: “Benton County, Indiana”
  • Turkish: “Benton County”
  • Turkish: “Benton ilçesi, IN”
  • Turkish: “Benton ilçesi, Ind.”
  • Turkish: “Benton ilçesi, Indiana”
  • Turkish: “Benton ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бентон”
  • Urdu: “بینٹن کاؤنٹی، انڈیانا”
  • Urdu: “بینٹن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Benton”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Benton, Indiana”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Benton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Benton, Indiana”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Benton”
  • Welsh: “Benton County, Indiana”
  • Welsh: “Benton County”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fowler Town Park and Town of Fowler Swimming Pool.

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