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Counties: Benton County Benton County Area: 406 square miles Location: Northwestern Indiana, bordered on the north by Jasper and Newton counties, to the east by White County, to the southeast by Tippecanoe County, to the south by Warren County, and to the west by Illinois. Population: 9,421 (2000 Census) 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2,800 5,615 11,108 11,903 13,123 12,688 12,206 11,886 11,117 11,462 11,912 11,262 10,218 9,441 9,421 Cities & Towns: Fowler (county seat, 2,415, 189th largest city in the State); Otterbein (1,312), Oxford (1,271), Boswell (827), Earl Park (485), Ambia (197) Named For: Thomas Hart Benton, of Missouri. Topography: Benton County is made up mainly of nearly level and gently sloping ground moraines. Scattered areas of more strongly sloping end moraines are throughout the county.