Bentonville is a
census-designated placeA census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
in northern
Sprigg TownshipSprigg Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,639 people in the township, 1,638 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
,
Adams CountyAs of the census of 2000, there were 27,330 people, 10,501 households, and 7,613 families residing in the county. The population density was 47 people per square mile . There were 11,822 housing units at an average density of 20 per square mile...
,
OhioOhio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
,
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. Although it is unincorporated, it has a
post officeA post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
, with the
ZIP codeZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
of 45105.
Bentonville is located on State Routes
41State Route 41 is a north–south state highway in the southern and western portions of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at the Ohio River on the Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge in Aberdeen ; and its northern terminus is along State Route 48 at U.S. Route 36 in Covington...
and
136State Route 136 is a north–south state highway in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at its interchange with U.S. Route 52 in Manchester and its northern terminus is at its interchange with U.S...
. They run concurrently through the community, splitting into separate routes at the south edge of Bentonville.
Bentonville is the home of the Anti-Horse Thief Society monument. Like many organizations whose purpose for being established no longer exists, horse thievery is no longer a problem in Adams County.
