Benton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2000, the population was 9,421. The county seat is Fowler.
Benton County is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Benton County was formed February 18, 1840. It is named for Thomas H. Benton (D), U.S. Senator from Missouri. The original county seat selected in 1843 was Oxford, but after a long struggle between contending factions it was moved to Fowler i...
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Benton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2000, the population was 9,421. The county seat is Fowler.
Benton County is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Benton County was formed February 18, 1840. It is named for Thomas H. Benton (D), U.S. Senator from Missouri. The original county seat selected in 1843 was Oxford, but after a long struggle between contending factions it was moved to Fowler in 1874.
The current Benton County courthouse, located in Fowler, was designed by Gordon P. Randall of Chicago and built in 1874 by Levi L. Leach at a cost of $62,257. The new courthouse was an impressive building from an architectural standpoint, but also provided much-needed improvements in security, including large fire-proof vaults. Randall had designed the Marshall County courthouse a few years earlier.
The county government is a constitutional body, and is granted specific powers by the Constitution of Indiana, and by the Indiana Code....
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