St. Benedict is an

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and

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(CDP) in Prairie Township,

Kossuth County Kossuth County () is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 14,828. The county seat is Algona, Iowa, Algona. History Kossuth County was founded on January ...

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, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 39. St. Benedict was

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ted in 1899.

Geography

The community is located in southeastern Kossuth County, southeast of Algona, the

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. According to the

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, the CDP has an area of , all land.

Demographics

References

Census-designated places in Kossuth County, Iowa 1899 establishments in Iowa Populated places established in 1899 {{KossuthCountyIA-geo-stub