Benton (Arkansas)
Saline County
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Benton is a city and the county seat of Saline County in the U.S. state of Arkansas with 30,681 inhabitants ( 2010 census ). The metropolitan area has a size of 47.8 km ². Benton was settled in 1833 and is first by Thomas Hart Benton, Senator from Missouri, named.
Demographics
Sons and daughters of the town
- Cliff Lee (born 1978 ), baseball player ( pitcher )