Benson County
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county in North Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- Founded
- March 9, 1883 (created), June 4, 1884 (organized)
- Named after
- Bertil W. Benson
- Seat
- Minnewaukan
- Largest community
- Fort Totten
- Total
- 1,439.396 sq mi (3,728.02 km )
- Land
- 1,388.555 sq mi (3,596.34 km )
- Water
- 50.841 sq mi (131.68 km ) 3.53%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,759
- Density
- 4.147/sq mi (1.601/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- bensoncountynd.com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Benson County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,964, and was estimated to be 5,759 in 2025. The county seat is Minnewaukan.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.