sentences:  It is also one of the smallest incorporated communities in the state.Benton, Alabama can be confused in genealogy research with Calhoun County, Alabama, which was known as Benton County from 1832 to 1858, and which was also originally named for Senator Benton, but renamed because of his unpopular (in Alabama) political views by the late 1850s.As of the census of 2000, there were 47 people, 18 households, and 14 families residing in the town.