Benton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. Its county seat is Vinton. The county is named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. Senator from Missouri. It is one of the three counties that make up the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 25,308 at the 2000 census.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 718 square miles (1,861 km²), of which 716 square miles (1,855 km²) is land and 2...
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Benton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. Its county seat is Vinton. The county is named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. Senator from Missouri. It is one of the three counties that make up the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 25,308 at the 2000 census.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 718 square miles (1,861 km²), of which 716 square miles (1,855 km²) is land and 2 square miles (5 km²) (0.29%) is water.
Benton County was formed on December 21, 1837 from sections of Dubuque County. It was named after US Senator Thomas Hart Benton.
As of the census of 2000, there were 25,308 people, 9,746 households, and 7,056 families residing in the county. The population density was 35 people per square mile (14/km²). There were 10,377 housing units at an average density of 14 per square mile (6/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.84% White, 0.20% Black or African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.17% Asian,...
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