Benton is a town located in the state of Louisiana within the United States. It serves as the administrative parish seat for Bossier Parish. As of the 2020 census, the town had a recorded population of 2,048 residents.
The municipality was named in honor of Thomas Hart Benton, a 19th-century U.S. Senator from Missouri. Benton was a member of the Democratic Party and was known as a political ally of U.S. President Andrew Jackson.