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    Benton is a town in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 41 at the 2020 census, down from 49 at the 2010 census. Benton is located...
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  • Fleming Benton, Tyne and Wear Benton, Alabama Benton, Arkansas Benton, California Benton, Illinois Benton, Indiana Benton, Iowa Benton, Kansas Benton, Kentucky...
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    paramount. On January 29, 1858, Alabama supporters of slavery, objecting to Benton's change of heart, renamed Benton County as Calhoun County. During...
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    Selma. The Alabama River in Lowndes County as seen from Benton Park in Benton, Alabama. The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma overlooking the Alabama River. The...
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  • Bill Traylor (category People from Benton, Alabama)
    "self-taught" and modern art. Bill Traylor was born in April 1853, in Benton, Alabama. His parents, Sally (1815–1880) and Bill Calloway (1805–1860+), were...
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  • Benton County, Mississippi Benton County, Missouri Benton County, Oregon Benton County, Tennessee Benton County, Washington Calhoun County, Alabama was...
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    with Benton, are the only two towns (out of 7) in Lowndes County with a white majority of residents. Both are the 6th (Lowndesboro) and 7th (Benton) smallest...
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    Appalachian range ends somewhat farther north in Alabama.) The trail's northern terminus is where it joins the Benton MacKaye Trail. The trail's highest point...
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    Thomas Hart Benton (March 14, 1782 – April 10, 1858), nicknamed "Old Bullion", was an American politician, attorney, soldier, and longtime United States...
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    David Gordon Lyon (category People from Benton, Alabama)
    Lyon was born in Benton, Alabama on May 24, 1852, the son of a doctor. In 1875 he received his AB from Howard College in Marion, Alabama. (Howard is now...
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  • American Negro league outfielder in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of Benton, Alabama, Williams made his Negro leagues debut in 1931 with the Indianapolis...
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  • Cornelius Robinson (category People from Benton, Alabama)
    served as an officer in the 46th Alabama Infantry during the war. Robinson died on his plantation near Benton, Alabama, and was buried there at Mt. Gilead...
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    state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for Continental Army Major General Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River...
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    Zeke Wilson (category People from Benton, Alabama)
    Born: (1869-12-24)December 24, 1869 Benton, Alabama, U.S. Died: April 26, 1928(1928-04-26) (aged 58) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. Batted: Right Threw: Right...
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    of the Democratic party from 1887 to 1891. Thomas Benton Wheeler was born in Marshall County, Alabama on June 7, 1840. At the outbreak of the American...
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    Greenwood Plantation or the William J. Benton House, is a historic house on a plantation in Pittsview, Alabama, U.S.. The house was erected in 1846 for...
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    James Benton Grant (January 2, 1848 – November 1, 1911) was an American mining magnate, mining engineer, Confederate Army soldier who served as the third...
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    Benton MacKaye (/məˈkaɪ/ mə-KY; March 6, 1879 – December 11, 1975) was an American forester, planner and conservationist. He was born in Stamford, Connecticut;...
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    ninth-most populous city in the US state of Arkansas, and the county seat of Benton County. The city is centrally located in the county with Rogers adjacent...
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  • John Keith Benton was born on May 24, 1896, in Banks, Alabama. His father was Arthur Franklin Benton and his mother, Martha Frederick. Benton graduated...
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    John Benton Callis (January 3, 1828 – September 24, 1898) was an American businessman, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served as a Union Army officer...
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  • Devin "DJ" Benton (born November 18, 1999) is an American soccer player. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Benton played club soccer with Hoover Soccer Club...
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    467 km) from southwestern Tennessee, throughout North Mississippi, North Alabama, and southeastern Tennessee. The highway's western terminus is in Memphis...
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    Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, Alabama is the 24th most populous state with 5,024...
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    The U.S. state of Alabama has 67 counties. Each county serves as the local level of government within its borders. The land enclosed by the present state...
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  • January Maull (category Members of the Alabama House of Representatives)
    Benton, Alabama, an area settled on land owned by James Maull and initially known as Maull's Landing before being renamed and incorporated as Benton in...
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  • Hopewell (redirect from Hopewell, Alabama)
    Hopeful, Alabama, formerly Hopewell Hopewell, Cherokee County, Alabama Hopewell, Cleburne County, Alabama Hopewell, DeKalb County, Alabama Hopewell,...
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    Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was an American publisher, politician, and Union Army officer who served as Governor...
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    connecting southern Alabama to northern Michigan. Its southern terminus is at an intersection with US 90/US 98 in Spanish Fort, Alabama. Its northern terminus...
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    the US states of Mississippi and Alabama, connecting I-269 near Byhalia, Mississippi, to I-65 near Birmingham, Alabama. I-22 is also Corridor X of the...
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