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- 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.
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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.
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
- Geography: Land and Water
- Education
In the west-central part of Missouri, bounded on the north by Pettis County, on the east by Morgan and Camden Counties, on the south by Hickory County, and on the west by St. Clair and Henry Counties. Organized January 3, 1835, out of parts of Pettis and Greene Counties. Until 1845 Benton included the present Hickory County north of T. 36, and an a...
As reported by the Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 753 square miles (1,950 km2), of which 704 square miles (1,820 km2) is land and 48 square miles (120 km2) (6.4%) is water
Public schools
Cole Camp R-I School District - Cole Camp Lincoln R-II School District - Lincoln Warsaw R-IX School District - Warsaw
Private schools
Lutheran School Association - Cole Camp (K-08) - Lutheran It should be noted that most of the students who attend Cole Camp's Lutheran School Association attend either Benton County R-1 High in Cole Camp or Sacred Heart High School, a Catholic high school in the nearby city of Sedalia
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.
The county was organized January 3, 1835, and named for U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri. Its county seat is Warsaw, and other towns in the county are Cole Camp, Edwards, Ionia, Lincoln, and Mora.
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.
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A post office since 1838, and county seat, in the west-central part of Benton County and southern part of Lindsey Township, on the Osage River. Organized January, 1838. The first house was built here in the fall of 1831 by Stephen A. Howser, County Collector in 1835-1836.
