Benton County, Tennessee

Founding: 1836
Parent county: Humphreys

Namesake: David Benton, local resident
Seat: Camden (1836–)

Land area: 394 square miles

Population (2020): 15,864

Population (historic): 4,772 (1840); 8,463 (1860); 9,780 (1880); 11,888 (1900); 11,237 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1860; 1870–1910; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; one town; one CDP

National Register listings: Five

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 394 (4.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 41.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $427
Average outbuilding value (1930): $173
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,983
Average farm size (1920): 40.5 acres
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Camden

Namesake: Camden, South Carolina

Founding: 1836 (platting); 1838 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,674

Population (historic): 176 (1850); 148 (1870); 330 (1890); 692 (1910); 955 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850; 1870–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 107 (5.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *William Thompson Log House (c. 1819). Baker's Lane, east of Rockport Road.