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    Benton is a town in Polk County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,532 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat. Benton is included in the...
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    Benton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,864. Its county seat is Camden. The county...
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    Camden is a city in Benton County, Tennessee. The population was 3,674 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Benton County. Native Americans were...
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  • The Benton fireworks disaster was an industrial disaster that occurred on May 27, 1983, on a farm near Benton, Tennessee. A powerful explosion at an unlicensed...
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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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    were the towns of Benton & Bentonville, Arkansas, Benton Harbor, Michigan, Benton, Maine, Benton, Kentucky, Benton, Tennessee, and Benton, Illinois. Additionally...
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    2012. Planning Division (1996). General Highway Map: Benton County, Tennessee (PDF) (Map). Tennessee Department of Transportation. p. 3. Retrieved November...
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    Big Sandy is a town in Benton County, Tennessee. The population was 486 at the 2020 census. In the late 1850s the Memphis & Ohio Railroad constructed a...
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  • Polk County High School (PCHS) is a public high school located near Benton, Tennessee. It is one of two high schools in Polk County and the Polk County...
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    Nancy Ward (category People of Tennessee in the American Revolution)
    of a hill not far from the site of the inn, south of present-day Benton, Tennessee. Cherokee oral history tells that in her last years Nanyehi repeatedly...
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    clandestine fireworks factory producing M-80 and M-100 fireworks near Benton, Tennessee, killed eleven, injured one, and inflicted damage within a radius...
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    Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Hams is a producer of cured meats in Madisonville, Tennessee, United States. The business was started in 1947 by the late...
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    Tim. 2004. Hiking the Benton MacKaye Trail: A guide to the Benton MacKaye trail from Georgia's Springer Mountain to Tennessee's Ocoee River. Peachtree...
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    unlicensed fireworks factory manufacturing M-80 and M-100 fireworks near Benton, Tennessee, killed eleven, injured one, and inflicted damage within a radius...
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  • Benton Station is an unincorporated community in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The community is two miles east from the county seat of Benton...
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  • Benton Springs is an unincorporated community in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The community was named for Thomas Hart Benton, a Missouri...
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    Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park is a state park in Benton County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The park is situated on the western shore...
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    William Wiggins House (category National Register of Historic Places in Polk County, Tennessee)
    also known as the Dr. J. D. Nichols House, is a historic house in Benton, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built in the 1840s for William Wiggins, a justice of...
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    corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 17,544. Its county seat is Benton. The county was created on...
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  • census-designated place in Benton and Decatur counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Holladay is located along Tennessee State Route 192 13.3 miles...
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  • Benton County, Overton County, Smith County, Lauderdale County, Van Buren County, Stewart County, Perry County, and Clay County. The 2004 Tennessee Democratic...
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    Springs National Forest at Baker's Pond in Benton County, Mississippi, and flows northwest into Tennessee, before entering the Mississippi River north...
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    Nancy Ward Tomb (category National Register of Historic Places in Polk County, Tennessee)
    her son in Benton, Tennessee, U.S. In 1923, a plaque reading "Princess and Prophetess of the Cherokee Nation, the Pocahontas of Tennessee, and a constant...
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    Tennessee (/ˌtɛnɪˈsiː/ TEN-iss-EE, locally /ˈtɛnɪsi/ TEN-iss-ee), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region...
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  • China 694 deaths, 161 disabled public hall 1983-05-27 Benton fireworks disaster Benton, Tennessee United States 11 deaths, 1 injury factory 1984-09-07...
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    government that Benton County was named after U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton, but the name actually honored Confederate Brigadier General Samuel Benton of nearby...
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  • Benton County, Minnesota Benton County, Mississippi Benton County, Missouri Benton County, Oregon Benton County, Tennessee Benton County, Washington Calhoun...
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  • WBIN (1540 AM) was a radio station licensed to Benton, Tennessee, United States. The station was last owned by George C. Hudson, III. The station went...
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    south 24 miles (39 km) to Fairmount and north 31 miles (50 km) to Benton, Tennessee. Georgia State Routes 2 and 52 run together out of Chatsworth to the...
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    Benton is a town in, and the parish seat of, Bossier Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 2,048 in 2020. The town is named for 19th...
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