Benton (Louisiana)
| Benton | |||
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 The Bossier Parish Courthouse in Benton |
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| Location in Louisiana | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Bossier Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 42 ′ N , 93 ° 45 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1,948 (as of 2010) 439,000 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 389.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 5 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 64 m | ||
| Postal code : | 71006 | ||
| Area code : | +1 318 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-06925 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1629916 | ||
| Website : | www.bentonlouisiana.webs.com | ||
| Mayor : | Wayne Cathcart | ||
Benton is a small town (with the status of " Town ") and the administrative center of Bossier Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 Benton had 1948 inhabitants. The city is named to Senator Thomas Hart Benton .
Benton is part of the metropolitan area of Shreveport - Bossier City on the Red River .
geography
Benton is located in northwest Louisiana, on the eastern edge of the Red River floodplain and not far from the borders of Arkansas in the north and Texas in the west. The geographical coordinates of Benton are 32 ° 41'42 "north latitude and 93 ° 44'31" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 5 km².
Neighboring places of Benton are Plain Dealing (25.1 km north-northeast), Willow Chute (7.5 km south-southeast) as well as the places Blanchard (southwest) and Belcher (northwest) on the opposite bank of the Red River, but which are over 40 roads km away.
Shreveport city center is 13 miles south. The nearest other major cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (402 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (523 km in the same direction), Lafayette (360 km south-southeast), Dallas , Texas (322 km west), Arkansas' capital Little Rock (295 km northeast) and Mississippi's capital Jackson (362 km east).
traffic
Louisiana Highway 3 runs in a north-south direction as the main road through Benton. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A BNSF Railway runs parallel to LA 3 through Benton and runs from Shreveport to Little Rock.
The nearest airports are Shreveport Regional Airport (21 miles southwest) and the larger Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport (22 miles west).
population
According to the 2010 census , Benton had 1,948 people in 777 households. The population density was 389.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.51 people lived in each of the 777 households.
The racial the population was composed of 55.3 percent white, 40.6 percent African American, 1.0 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian, 0.1 percent (two people) Polynesians and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.6 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.1 percent were 65 years or older. 53.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 41,400 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,978. 18.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Henry Warren Ogden (1842–1905) - from 1894 to 1899 Democratic member of the US House of Representatives - lived in Benton and is buried here
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 24, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 24, 2013
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Henry Warren Ogden.Retrieved August 24, 2013
- ^ Find a Grave - Henry Warren Ogden. Retrieved August 24, 2013
