List of all cities and towns in Benton County
Benton County is a county in the state of Mississippi in the United States.
As of the census in 2020, there were 7,646 people living there.
Ashland is the county seat.
Locals think that the people of Benton County convinced the Reconstruction government after the Civil War that the county was named after U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton, but the name actually honours the senator’s nephew, Confederate Brigadier General Samuel Benton of nearby Holly Springs in Marshall County.
The Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area has Benton County as a part of it.
The county has a total area of 409 square miles (1,060 km2), of which 407 square miles (1,050 km2) are land and 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2) (0.5%) are water, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
It is the fifth smallest county in Mississippi in terms of land area.
Here is a list of cities, towns, places, and villages in Benton County, Mississippi:
- Ashland
- Bethel
- Black Jack
- Brody
- Canaan
- Hamilton
- Hickory Flat
- Hopewell
- Lamar
- Lamar
- Michigan City
- New Canaan
- Pine Grove
- Snow Lake Shores
- Spring Hill
- Winborn