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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Benson Corner (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Benson Corner. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Benson Corner ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Benson Corner: Benson Cor. (or less commonly used: Benson Crn.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Benson Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Benson Corner.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Benson Corner is located in LaMoure County.

To see how the shape of North Dakota's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of LaMoure County: Barnes, Dickey, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom & Stutsman.

Below are the counties that are near Benson Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Benson Corner:

  • LaMoure County     (The home county of Benson Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Benson Corner, with the one closest to Benson Corner listed first.
    • Grand Rapids
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Grand Rapids is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
    • LaMoure
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Marion
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Verona
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dickey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Saratoga Springs ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Saratoga Springs is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Springs
    • Berlin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Adrian
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Adrian is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
    • Edgeley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Nortonville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Nortonville is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonville
  • Barnes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Benson Corner, with the one closest to Benson Corner listed first.
    • Litchville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Kathryn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Nome
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fingal
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Dickey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Benson Corner, with the one closest to Benson Corner listed first.
    • Glover
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Glover is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
    • Norway
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Norway is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
    • Oakes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Fullerton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Monango
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Monango is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monango
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
  • Ransom County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Benson Corner, with the one closest to Benson Corner listed first.
    • Fort Ransom
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Elliott
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Elliott is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
    • Lisbon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Enderlin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Sargent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Benson Corner, with the one closest to Benson Corner listed first.
    • Stirum
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Stirum is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirum
    • Harlem ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Harlem is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
  • Stutsman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Benson Corner, with the one closest to Benson Corner listed first.
    • Montpelier
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Ypsilanti
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Millarton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Millarton is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millarton

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Benson Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Benson Corner.

Cemeteries Near Benson Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Benson Corner.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Benson Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Benson Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Benson Corner, with the one closest to Benson Corner listed first.

  • Sjulli Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Griswold Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Grace Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • West Fairview Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Rosehill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosehill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of LaMoure.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102360 <2>
  • St. Raphael Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Stiklestad Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Swedish Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedish Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Swedish Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Litchville.
    • The Swedish Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Vikstrom Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102634 <2>
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Cemetery
    • The Lakeview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lake View Cemetery
    • St. Francis Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102100 <2>
  • St. Anns Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (48 more) ...

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

While we didn't find Benson Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Benson Corner.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Benson Corner, with the one closest to Benson Corner listed first.

  • Grand Rapids
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Grand Rapids is located in LaMoure County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
  • LaMoure
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Verona
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Fort Ransom
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Dickey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Hastings
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Hastings is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
  • Berlin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Glover
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Glover is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
  • Adrian
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Adrian is located in LaMoure County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
  • Daily
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Daily is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daily
  • Medberry
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Medberry is located in LaMoure County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medberry
  • Clement
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Clement is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Montpelier
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Fullerton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Benson Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Benson Corner.

Newspapers Published in Benson Corner ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Benson Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Benson Corner, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Benson Corner.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Benson Corner:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Benson Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Benson Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.