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Bentonville, AR

Bentonville is the ninth-most populous city in Arkansas, United States, and the county seat of Benton County.The city is centrally located in the county with Rogers adjacent to the east. The city is the birthplace and world headquarters location of Walmart, the world's largest retailer. It is one of the four main cities in the three-county Northwest Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ranked 105th in terms of population in the United States with 546,725 residents in 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau. The city itself had a population of 54,164 at the 2020 Census, an increase of 53% from the 2010 Census. Bentonville is considered to be one of the fastest growing cities in the state and consistently ranks amongst the safest cities in Arkansas. It is included in the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The area now known as Bentonville's first known use by humans was as hunting grounds by the Osage Nation who lived in Missouri. The Osage would leave their settlements to hunt in present-day Benton County for months at a time before returning to their families. White settlers first inhabited the area around 1837 and named their settlement "Osage". By this time, the Osage had ceased using the area for hunting, and the white settlers began to establish farms. Upon establishment of Benton County on September 30, 1836, Osage was deemed a suitable site for the county seat, and the town square was established as the home of county government the following year. Osage was renamed Bentonville in honor of Thomas Hart Benton, a senator from Missouri who strongly supported Arkansas statehood.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 31.5 square miles (81.6 km²), of which 31.3 square miles (81.0 km²) is land and 0.19 square miles (0.5 km²), or 0.67%, is water. The Northwest Arkansas region consists of three Arkansas counties: Benton, Madison, and Washington. The area had a population of 347,045 at the 2000 census which had increased to 463,204 by the 2010 Census (an increase of 33.47 percent). The Metropolitan Statistical Area does not consist of the usual principal-city-with-suburbs morphology; instead Bentonville is bordered to the east by Rogers, the north by Bella Vista, and the west by Centerton. The Northwest Arkansas National Airport is located to the southwest of Bentonville and is used to connect all of the northwest Arkansas region to the rest of the nation. For more than the last decade, Northwest Arkansas has been one of the fastest-growing regions in the United States.

Top sites in Bentonville, AR are Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, The Walmart Museum, and Museum of Native American History

Population: 59,471 (2023). ZIP codes: 72712, 72713, 72716. Area code: 479. Elevation: 1,266 ft (386 m). Area: 34.25 sq mi

FAQs

Why is Bentonville AR famous?

You may know Bentonville as the home of the corporate offices of Walmart. One of the advantages of having a Fortune 500 company in town is that vendors come from all over the world to handle business. That means there's a lot of diversity. You can see that first-hand in Bentonville's restaurants.

Is Bentonville AR expensive?

Bentonville's housing expenses are 20% lower than the national average and the utility prices are 5% lower than the national average. Transportation expenses like bus fares and gas prices are 1% higher than the national average. Bentonville has grocery prices that are 9% lower than the national average.

Is Bentonville AR a nice place to live?

Good town, very safe and family friendly. Bentonville is the mountain biking capital of the world, so there is a lot of outdoor activities for the whole family. The housing market has gotten pretty expensive for Arkansas, but overall its a good town.

Sources

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City of Bentonville

Niche.com

Southernersays.com

Payscale.com

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