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Benton County is divided into 11 Civil Townships as follows: Bolivar, Center,
Gilboa, Grant, Hickory Grove, Oak Grove, Parish Grove, Pine, Richland, Union
and York.
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Benton County was organized February 18, 1840.
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Fowler has not always been the County Seat.
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May of 1843 that a County Seat was selected and called Milroy in honor of
one of the first commissioners, but Indiana already had a town of that name,
so the County Seat was renamed Oxford which was first settled in 1847 by
H. T. Howard.
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In 1871, the town of Fowler was laid out and on March 20, 1873, the Courthouse
at Oxford was condemned, precipitating a battle between the two towns. On
July 10, 1874, the County Seat was moved to Fowler, which has held the
distinction ever since.
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According to the Society of Indiana Pioneers, an individual was a pioneer
of our county if they resided here on or before December 31, 1840.
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Indiana automobile License Plates issued in Benton County start with the
prefix 4 because it is the fourth county in alphabetical listing.
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