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4th. Website. www.bentoncomo.com. 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. [1] Its county seat is Warsaw. [2] The county was organized January 3, 1835, and named for U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri.
Organized: Jan. 3, 1835. Named after: Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. senator. County seat: Warsaw. After Benton County organized in 1835, legislators appointed three commissioners to select the county seat.
By the act organizing Benton County, John Fisher of Pettis County, Thomas Kimsey of Rives County and James McCutcheon of Morgan County were appointed Commissioners to locate the county seat of the new county.
As the area grew and prospered, the court ordered the area to name a county seat for Benton County. After several years of heated disputes, Warsaw was declared the capitol in 1835, but it took seven more years for the name of Warsaw to become official.
History of Benton County, Missouri in two parts. Creator. Lay, James Henry, 1844-1931. Subject. Benton County (Mo.)--History. Description. pt. 1. From earliest settlements to 1877 / by James H. Lay -- pt. 2. From 1877 to beginning of 1912 / by George C. Worth.
- Lay, James Henry, 1844-1931
- Benton County (Mo.)--History
- [1912]
Organized February 27, 1855, from Bates County and named for Miles Vernon, Missouri legislator. The original law establishing Vernon County was approved on February 17, 1851, but was later declared to be unconstitutional in that the boundaries described were identical to those of Bates County.
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Benton County is a county located in the west central part of the state of Missouri. The population was 19,056 as of the 2010 US Census. Its county seat is Warsaw. The county was organized January 3, 1835, and named for US Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri.