Welcome to Benrud ...

So far, we found very little information about Benrud. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Benrud to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Benrud, please Contact Us.

Benrud would have been located within present day Roosevelt County<2>.

The location of Benrud has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Benrud, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1923.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Benrud is 2,740 feet [835 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Benrud is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Benrud was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Benrud still existed, it would have been in the (406) area code.

Communities near Benrud ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Benrud.

• Lustre
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lustre
  • Lustre is located in Valley County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lustre <5>
• Scobey
  (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scobey
  • Scobey is located in Daniels County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scobey <5>
• Four Buttes
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Buttes
  • Four Buttes is located in Daniels County
• Wolf Point
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Point
  • Wolf Point is located in Roosevelt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,722 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wolf Point <5>
• Peerless
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
  • Peerless is located in Daniels County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peerless <5>
• Poplar
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
  • Poplar is located in Roosevelt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poplar <5>
• Flaxville
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaxville
  • Flaxville is located in Daniels County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flaxville <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Benrud. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Benrud.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Benrud. See our Newspapers Page for Benrud.

Adding Benrud to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Benrud in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Benrud was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Benrud post office opened in 1923.

We also found Benrud on a map titled Hixson Map of Montana (1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Benrud.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/