Benton County, Missouri
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Benton County is a county located in the west central part of the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 19,394 as of the 2020 Census. Its county seat is Warsaw. The county was organized January 3
The Benton County Courthouse in Warsaw
Thomas Hart Benton, nicknamed "Old Bullion", was an American politician, attorney, soldier, and longtime United States senator from Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, he was an architect and
Benton County, Missouri
…Missouri. The population was 19,394 as of the 2020 Census. Its county seat is Warsaw. The county was organized January 3, 1835, and named for U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 753 square miles (1,950 km2), of which 704 square miles (1,820 km2…
Thomas Hart Benton
Daguerreotype of Thomas Hart Benton, c. 1850
Benton's grave at Bellefontaine Cemetery
Statue of Benton by Harriet Hosmer erected in 1868 in St. Louis at Lafayette Park