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Benton County, Mississippi
Benton County
is a
county
located in the
U.S. state
of
Mississippi
. As of the
2010 census
, the population was 8,729. Its
county seat
is
Ashland
. Local lore has it that residents convinced the post-
Civil War
Reconstruction government that Benton County was to be named for
U.S. Senator
Thomas Hart Benton
, but the name actually honored State Congressman and Confederate Brigadier General
Samuel Benton
from nearby
Holly Springs
.
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