Bensonville is the capital city of

Montserrado County Montserrado County is a county in the northwestern portion of the West African nation of Liberia containing its national capital, Monrovia. One of 15 counties that comprise the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has 17 sub ...

, Liberia. As of the 2008 national census, its population stood at 4,089. Bensonville is located away from the national capital,

Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As th ...

, which is also located in Montserrado County.Vick, Karl
"Liberian Strife Is Traced To Turbulent Past: Some Blame Turmoil On Its American Roots"
, ''Washington Post'', Foreign Service, August 10, 2003. It is a commercial center for the surrounding agricultural area."Bentol"
''Britannica'' Online Encyclopedia It was the birthplace of

William R. Tolbert, Jr. William Richard Tolbert Jr. (13 May 1913 – 12 April 1980) was a Liberian politician who served as the 20th president of Liberia from 1971 until 1980. Tolbert was an Americo-Liberian and trained as a civil servant before entering the House of ...

, the 20th president of Liberia. Before he was killed in a coup in 1980, Tolbert had planned to make Bensonville the country's new capital city. Prior to the Liberian Civil War, Bensonville's industrial activity included producing milled rice, sawn wood, soap, plastics, paints, furniture and fixtures, cement blocks, oils, processed fish, and confections.

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