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Benton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,646. [1] Its county seat is Ashland. [2] It is locally believed that residents convinced the post-Civil War Reconstruction government that Benton County was named after U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton, but the name actually honored Confederate Brigadier General Samuel Benton of nearby ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of March 13, 2009 [ 3 ] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [ 4 ]
People from Ashland, Mississippi (4 P) Pages in category "People from Benton County, Mississippi" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Asya Branch (born 1998), Miss Mississippi 2018, Miss Mississippi USA 2019, and Miss USA 2020 ; Jenna Edwards (born 1981), former Miss Florida and Miss Florida USA ; Ruth Ford (1911–2009), model ; Taryn Foshee (born 1985), Miss Mississippi 2006 ; Tess Holliday (born 1985), first plus-size model
Benton was related by marriage or blood to a number of 19th-century luminaries. Two of his nephews—Confederate Colonel and posthumous Brigadier General Samuel Benton [28] of Mississippi, and Union Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Thomas H. Benton Jr. of Iowa [29] —fought on opposite sides during the Civil
Ashland is a town in Benton County, Mississippi, United States and the county seat. [3] The population was 551 at the 2020 census , down from 569 at the 2010 census . [ 4 ] Ashland was incorporated on March 8, 1871, and has a Mayor-Aldermen form of government.
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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Benton County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.