Marshall County, Kentucky |Marshall County, Kentucky| Location
in the state of Kentucky Kentucky's location in the U.S. |Named
for||John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States
(1801–1835).| 340.32 sq mi (881 km²) 304.89 sq mi (790 km²)
35.43 sq mi (92 km²), 10.41% 99/sq mi (38/km²) |Time
zone||Central: UTC-6/-5| Marshall County is a county located in
the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was
30,125. The 2007 Census Bureau population estimate was 31,258.
Its county seat is Benton. It was a dry county until 2004, when
residents of Calvert City voted to allow sales of liquor by the
drink in restaurants. It is the only Purchase Area county to not
border another state. The county was formed in 1842 from part of
Calloway County. The first settlement was around 1818, when the
area was bought from Native Americans as part of the Jackson
Purchase. Marshall County was named in honor of Chief Justice
John Marshall, who had died not long before the founding of the
county. From its settlement until