Original sentence: According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.5 square miles (14.2 km²), of which, 5.3 square miles (13.9 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (2.55%) is water.Benton is located at  (38.004085, -88.916053).Benton is south of Rend Lake, formed by damming the Big Muddy River.Interstate 57 intersects State Highway 14 at Benton
Edited sentence: Benton is featured many times in his book, "The Uncommon Journey Of A Common Man.Benton is the hometown of songwriter/author Gary Owens