Benton County, Arkansas

Benton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the population was 153,406. The county seat is Bentonville. Benton County was formed on 30 September 1836 and was named after Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator from Missouri. It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county. Benton County is part of the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metropolitan Statistical Area is the home of Wal-Mart and Tyson Foods - global leaders in retail, and meat and poultry processing, respectively. J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., North America's largest publicly owned transportation and logistics company, is also based in the area. Over 1,300 Wal-Mart vendors have added corporate branches or offices in the area as well, including: Procter and Gamble, Unilever, Motorola, Nestle Purina, General Mills, and Kelloggs, among many others.

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Thomas Hart Benton nicknamed "Old Bullion" (March 14, 1782 – April 10, 1858), was an U.S. Senator from Missouri and a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of that body to serve five terms. Benton was an architect and champion of westward expansion by the United States, a cause that became known as Manifest Destiny.

Bentonville is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 19,730 at the 2000 census. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 29,538, ranking it as the state's 13th largest city, behind Texarkana. Bentonville is the county seat of Benton County. The headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores, the largest retailer in the world, as well as that of The Whistler Group, a major US manufacturer of radar detectors, are located in Bentonville.

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