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'''Benton''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Texas Township, Crawford County, Ohio]], in the [[United States]].
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'''Benton''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Texas Township, Crawford County, Ohio]], [[United States]].<ref>{{GNIS|1060863|name=Benton}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
Benton was laid out in 1841. It was named for [[Thomas Hart Benton (politician)|Thomas Hart Benton]], a U.S. Senator from Missouri.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=a-MyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA671#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=History of Crawford County and Ohio | publisher=Baskin & Battey | year=1881 | pages=671}}</ref>
Benton was laid out in 1841, and named for [[Thomas Hart Benton (politician)|Thomas Hart Benton]], a U.S. Senator from Missouri.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_a-MyAQAAMAAJ | title=History of Crawford County and Ohio | publisher=Baskin & Battey | year=1881 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_a-MyAQAAMAAJ/page/n657 671]}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:11, 29 October 2023

Benton is an unincorporated community in Texas Township, Crawford County, Ohio, United States.[1]

History

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Benton was laid out in 1841, and named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. Senator from Missouri.[2]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Benton
  2. ^ History of Crawford County and Ohio. Baskin & Battey. 1881. pp. 671.

40°55′37″N 83°05′38″W / 40.9270009°N 83.0938034°W / 40.9270009; -83.0938034