BENTON COUNTY

HISTORY OF BENTON COUNTY

Benton County is the northwestern-most county in the state. It is named for United States Senator Thomas Hart Benton. The county seat is at Bentonville. Benton County ranks number 5 in the production of poultry, according to the 1997 Census of Agriculture. It is home to the John Brown University and the Northwest Arkansas Community College. John Brown University is located at Siloam Springs, and NWACC is at Bentonville. The county was formed on September 30, 1836. The 2000 population was 153,406.

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INDEX

LOOKUPS

Joe Ann Burns has the following book that she will do lookups in. Please contact her directly and limit your request to one.

NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS 1870 CENSUS

OFF-SITE LINKS WITH BENTON COUNTY INFORMATION

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bandy/kestzeke.html
(This is the story of James Kesterson and his run-in, and near death at the hands of the notorious Zeke Proctor, a half breed Indian with an attitude, by Christine Walters)

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