Annotations
BENTON, a small post-village, capital of Scott county, Missouri, 240 miles E. S. E. from Jefferson City, has a court house, jail, and a few stores. (Baldwin's New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States..., 1854)
BENTON A post village of Scott county, 6 miles west of the Mississippi river, 170 miles south-east of Jefferson city. (Missouri State Gazetteer..., 1860)
Latitude
37.09934
Longitude
-89.560521
Waterways
Yes
Type
City or Town
County
Scott
State
Missouri