Benson County, North Dakota, United States

Details for Benson County

Name

Benson County

Place Type

County

Located in

North Dakota, United States

County Seat

Minnewaukan

Coordinates

Latitude		48.0416732		48° 02' 30" N
Longitude		-99.4504128		99° 27' 01.5" W

Population

7,198

Elevation

502 m

Surrounding Counties

Towner N
Ramsey E
Nelson E
Eddy SE
Wells S
Pierce NW

USGS GNIS FeatureID

1034216

Histopolis Place ID

161334672

Updated Apr 15, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Benson County

8 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Benson County ND Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/nd/benson/benson.htm (8 Jan 2010)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=1753 (3 Sep 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > North Dakota > Benson County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > North Dakota > Benson County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/ND/Benson/ (10 Dec 2009)

Benson County, North Dakota ND, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Benson County, North Dakota ND, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=22520 (20 Nov 2008)

Cemeteries in or near Benson County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=22520&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (28 Jan 2009)

Benson County, North Dakota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_County,_North_Dakota (13 Jul 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Benson County, N.Dak. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/BE.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Benson County, North Dakota Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Benson County, North Dakota
http://www.interment.net/us/nd/benson.htm (16 May 2010)

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Surveys in Benson County

1 Survey, 11 Ranges, 47 Townships

The Fifth Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Benson County. You can navigate to any of the 47 survey townships that overlap Benson County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships and Cities of Benson County

37 Townships, 9 Cities (Township is assumed unless noted)

Albert	Arne	Aurora	Beaver
Brinsmade (city)	Broe	Butte Valley	East Fork
Eldon	Esmond	Esmond (city)	Hesper
Impark	Iowa	Irvine	Isabel
Knox	Knox (city)	Lake Ibsen	Lallie
Leeds	Leeds (city)	Lohnes	Maddock (city)
McClellan	Minco	Minnewaukan (city)	Mission
Normania	North Viking	Oberon	Oberon (city)
Pleasant Lake	Rich Valley	Riggin	Rock
South Viking	Twin Lake	Twin Tree	Warwick
Warwick (city)	West Antelope	West Bay	Wood Lake
York	York (city)

Cities of Benson County

9 Cities, 15 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Baker	Brinsmade (city)	Comstock	Esmond (city)
Fillmore	Flora	Fort Totten	Harlow
Hesper	Isabel	Josephine	Knox (city)
Lallie	Leeds (city)	Maddock (city)	Minnewaukan (city)
Niles	Oberon (city)	Pleasant Lake	Saint Michael
Tilden	Tokio	Warwick (city)	York (city)

Cemeteries of Benson County

21 Cemeteries, 4 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Bourett	Brinsmade	Esmond	Flora
Free Church	Hesper	Hillside	Knox
Knox	Leeds	Maddock	Minnewaukan
North Viking	Our Saviors	Saint Anns	Saint Boniface
Saint Marys	Saint Peter	St. Anns (*)	St. Boniface (*)
St. Marys (*)	St. Peter (*)	Warwick	Wilmerth
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