St. Boniface Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site is a cemetery in

Benson County, North Dakota Benson County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 5,964. Its county seat is Minnewaukan, North Dakota, Minnewaukan. The county was created on ...

, United States, several miles to the East-North East of Selz that was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1989. It was associated with the later demolished St. Boniface Catholic church which was located on the opposite side of the road – thus in Pierce County – and active from 1905 through 1930. It mainly served a population of Germans from Russia. It includes a collection of wooden and wrought-iron crosses, most of which have lost their paint and are in poor condition. It includes works by Joseph P. Klein and John Krim, both of Pierce County, who were among a number of "German-Russian blacksmiths in central North Dakota" that developed their individual cross styles and whose "work was known for miles around them."

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Boniface Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota German-Russian culture in North Dakota National Register of Historic Places in Benson County, North Dakota