Benton County, Mississippi

Benton County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Ashland
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 218 Ashland, MS 38603-0218
Foundation :	July 21, 1870
Made up from:	Marshall County Tippah County
Area code :	001 662
Demographics
Residents :	8729  (2010)
Population density :	8.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1058 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

The Benton County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Mississippi . In 2010 , the county had 8,729 people and a population density of 8.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Ashland . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in the far north of Mississippi and borders Tennessee to the north . It has an area of ​​1058 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water. The Wolf River rises in the Holly Springs National Forest and flows 90 miles northwest to Memphis, Tennessee . The following neighboring counties border Benton County:

Fayette County, Tennessee		Hardeman County, Tennessee
Marshall County		Tippah County
	Union County

history

Thomas Hart Benton

Benton County was formed on July 21, 1870 from parts of Marshall County and Tippah County. It was named after Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858), a longtime US Senator from Missouri (1821-1851).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1880	11,023		-
1890	10,585		-4%
1900	10,510		-0.7%
1910	10,245		-2.5%
1920	9851		-3.8%
1930	9813		-0.4%
1940	10,429		6.3%
1950	8793		-15.7%
1960	7723		-12.2%
1970	7505		-2.8%
1980	8153		8.6%
1990	8046		-1.3%
2000	8026		-0.2%
2010	8729		8.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Benton County had 8,729 people in 3,303 households. The population density was 8.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.62 people in each of the 3,303 households.

The racial the population was composed of 61.5 percent white, 37.1 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 29,202  USD . The per capita income was $ 14,998. 26.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Benton County localities

Towns

• Ashland
• Hickory Flat
• Snow Lake Shores

Unincorporated Communities

• Canaan
• Lamar
• Michigan City
• Winborn

structure

Benton County is divided into five numbered districts:

District	Population (2010)	FIPS
1	1772	28-90045
2	1662	28-90783
3	1723	28-91521
4th	1594	28-92259
5	1978	28-92997

See also

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Benton County

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 695729. Accessed on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Benton County, MS. Retrieved September 23, 2012
3. ^ ^{A b} National Association of Counties.Retrieved September 23, 2012
4. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 19, 2011
5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 19, 2011
6. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Mississippi  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 23, 2012  

Web links

Commons : Benton County, Mississippi  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• www.city-data.com

Coordinates: 34 ° 49 ′  N , 89 ° 11 ′  W