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Benton County Profile

Benton County Outline Benton County, a land of Yakima River Valley plains, Columbia River benchlands, and Horse Heaven Hills plateaus, is located in south central Washington. It was named in honor of Thomas H. Benton, U.S. Senator from Missouri in the 1840's, who was an advocate of farwestern development. Benton County was created by the Washington State Legislature on March 8, 1905.



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Historical Profile

1956 bulletin from the County Agricultural Data Series created by NASS, then known as the Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Links are to different chapters within the bulletin and are in Adobe PDF format.

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