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Missouri Counties

Missouri has 114 Counties and one independent city. St. Louis City is separate from St. Louis County and is referred to as a "city not within a county."

Benton County, Missouri

Benton County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Warsaw
Year Organized: 1835
Square Miles: 706

Court House:

P.O. Box 1238
County Courthouse
Warsaw, MO 65355-1238

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Thomas Hart Benton, United States senator

Demographics:

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History of Benton County

In the west-central part of Missouri, bounded on the north by Pettis County, on the east by Morgan and Camden Counties, on the south by Hickory County, and on the west by St. Clair and Henry Counties. Organized January 3, 1835, out of parts of Pettis and Greene Counties. Until 1845 Benton included the present Hickory County north of T. 36, and an additional 216 sq. mi. in its northwest corner, between Windsor and Ionia, now in Pettis County. Between 1835 and 1841 it also included a part of the present Camden County, south of the Osage River and west of the Big Niangua. Named for the distinguished Missouri statesman Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858), U.S. Senator 1821-1851. In 1835 he was at the height of his popularity and influence. Counties in seven other states, and more than thirty towns and villages, have been named for Senator Benton. (Campbell (1873) 11; Eaton (1917); Garnett; Dict. Am. Biog. (1930); Dr. R.L. Ramsay)

Source: Overlay, Fauna R. "Place Names Of Five South Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Cole Camp	city	Incorporated Area
- Ionia	town	Incorporated Area
- Lincoln	city	Incorporated Area
- Warsaw (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

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