Benton County is the name of nine counties in the United States:
- Benton County, Arkansas
- Benton County, Indiana
- Benton County, Iowa
- Benton County, Minnesota
- Benton County, Mississippi
- Benton County, Missouri
- Benton County, Oregon
- Benton County, Tennessee
- Benton County, Washington
- Calhoun County, Alabama was established as Benton County in 1832, and renamed in 1858.
- Hernando County, Florida was named Benton County from 1844 through 1850.
Famous quotes containing the words benton and/or county:
“All my life I’ve felt like somebody’s wife, or somebody’s mother or somebody’s daughter. Even all the time we were together, I never knew who I was. And that’s why I had to go away. And in California, I think I found myself.”
—Robert Benton (b. 1932)
“Don’t you know there are 200 temperance women in this county who control 200 votes. Why does a woman work for temperance? Because she’s tired of liftin’ that besotted mate of hers off the floor every Saturday night and puttin’ him on the sofa so he won’t catch cold. Tonight we’re for temperance. Help yourself to them cloves and chew them, chew them hard. We’re goin’ to that festival tonight smelling like a hot mince pie.”
—Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)