Benton Township
Benton Township is one of ten townships in Adair County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 19,700. It is named for Thomas Hart Benton, one of the inaugural pair of U.S. senators from Missouri.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 19,700 residents
- Description: township in Adair County, Missouri
- Also known as: “Benton Township, Adair County, Missouri” and “Township of Benton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thousand Hills State Park.
Thousand Hills State Park
Park
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Thousand Hills State Park is a public recreation area covering over 3,000 acres two miles west of Kirksville in Adair County, Missouri. The state park features Native American petroglyphs and 573-acre Forest Lake with fishing, swimming and boating. Thousand Hills State Park is situated 2½ miles southwest of Benton Township.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirksville.
Kirksville
Photo: David Shane, CC BY 2.0.
Kirksville is the county seat of and most populous city in Adair County, Missouri, United States. Located in Benton Township, its population was 17,530 at the 2020 census.
Benton Township
- Category: township of Missouri
- Location: Adair, Missouri, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Benton Township” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “本頓鎮區 (密蘇里州亞代爾縣)”
- Chinese: “本頓鎮區”
- French: “Benton Township”
- German: “Benton Township”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Benton (condado de Adair, Misuri)”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Benton”
- Turkish: “Benton Township”
- Urdu: “بینٹن ٹاؤن شپ، اڈئیر کاؤنٹی، مسوری”
- Urdu: “بینٹن ٹاؤن شپ”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Benton, Quận Adair, Missouri”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Benton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Northeast Regional Medical Center and Denslow Lake Dam.
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