Benton (Louisiana)
Bossier Parish
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Benton is a small town ( with a status of " Town" ) and the administrative seat of Bossier Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010, Benton had 1948 inhabitants.
Benton is part of the metropolitan area of Shreveport- Bossier City on the Red River.
Geography
Benton is located in northwest Louisiana, on the eastern edge of the floodplain of the Red River, near the border with Arkansas to the north and Texas to the west. The geographical coordinates of 32 ° 41'42 Benton " north latitude and 93 ° 44'31 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 5 km ².
Neighboring cities of Benton are Plain Dealing (25,1 km NNE ) Willow Chute (7,5 km south-southeast ), and places like Blanchard (southwest ) and Belcher (northwest ) on the opposite bank of the Red River, but on roads well over 40 km lie.
The center of Shreveport located 21 km south. The nearest other cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (402 km south-east ), Louisiana's largest city of New Orleans ( 523 km in the same direction), Lafayette ( 360 km south-southeast ), Dallas, Texas (322 miles west), Arkansas ' capital Little Rock (295 km northeast) and Mississippi's capital Jackson (362 km east).
Traffic
Louisiana Highway 3 runs in a north -south direction as the main road through Benton. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
By Benton runs parallel to LA 3 is a railroad line of the BNSF Railway, which runs from Shreveport to Little Rock.
The nearest airports are the Shreveport Regional Airport (34,7 km southwest) and the greater Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport ( 355 km west ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Benton 1948 people in 777 households. The population density was 389.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 777 households lived statistically 2.51 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 55.3 percent white, 40.6 percent African American, 1.0 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian, 0.1 percent ( two people) Polynesians and 1.0 percent from other races groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.7 percent were between 18 and 64, and 14.1 percent were 65 years or older. 53.5 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 41,400. The per capita income was $ 19,978. 18.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Henry Warren Ogden (1842-1905) - 1894-1899 Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives - lived in Benton and is buried here