Benton County Oregon
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Benton County administrative offices are located at 408 SW Monroe Avenue, Suite 111, Corvallis, OR 97333; phone: 541-766-6800.  Photo: Benton County Courthouse, photographed by Calvin Beale, 1994, www.ers.usda.gov, accessed March, 2011.
Established in 1847, Benton County was named for Senator Thomas Hart Benton who served as a U.S. Senator from Missouri from about 1820-1850. Benton was a staunch proponent of opening up the "West" and for the creation of California and Oregon. |
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