Benton, Kentucky Benton, Kentucky Location of Benton, Kentucky Location of Benton, Kentucky Benton is a home rule-class town/city in Marshall County, Kentucky, United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Marshall County. Benton was titled for Thomas Hart Benton, a senator from Missouri. Shape-note singers gather annually at Benton on the fourth Sunday in May to sing from a tunebook called The Southern Harmony.
This event, organized in 1884 and called The Big Singing or Big Singing Day, is considered by many[who?] to be the earliest indigenous musical tradition in the United States.
Benton is also known for an annual festival called "Tater Day", which attracts inhabitants from all over the Jackson Purchase and involves games, deep fried food, and a parade.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.9 square miles (10 km2), all land.
As of the 2010 Census, there were 4,349 citizens , 1,809 homeholds, and 1,154 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.4% White (96.4% non-Hispanic), 0.4% African American, 0.1% Native American and Alaska Native, 0.6% Asian, 0.6% from other competitions, and 0.9% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,809 homeholds out of which 27.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 36.2% were non-families.
33.2% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 17.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Based on 2008 2012 estimates from the American Community Survey, the median income for a homehold in the town/city was $42,342, and the median income for a family was $62,500.
About 4.5% of families and 8.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 10.7% of those age 65 or over.
Benton is part of the Marshall County School District.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Marshall County School District".
Benton, Kentucky travel guide from Wikivoyage Municipalities and communities of Marshall County, Kentucky, United States County seats in Kentucky
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