Benson is an
unincorporated community
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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. It is located between
Estevan
Estevan is the eleventh-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The Souris River runs by the city. This city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Estevan No. 5.
History
The ...
and
Stoughton on
Highway 47. Currently it has a curling rink, community hall and the municipal offices of
Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35.
History
Most of the early homesteaders in the Benson region arrived between 1898 and 1902.
The Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35 was incorporated in 1909. The municipal offices were built in the community in 1923.
On July 1, 1935, Benson was hit by a
tornado
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, killing 1, injuring 2, and levelling multiple structures.
On August 12, 2003, the village of Benson has been disorganized, making it become part of the
RM of Benson No. 35.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Benson had a population of 95 living in 33 of its 42 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 116. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Gallery
File:The town elevator, Benson.jpg, Grain elevator
File:School in Benson, Saskatchewan.jpg, The Benson School in 1995 after it closed
See also
*
List of communities in Saskatchewan
Communities in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, include Incorporation (municipal government), incorporated municipalities, Unincorporated area#Canada, unincorporated communities and First Nations in Canada, First Nations communities.
Types ...
References
External links
Benson No. 35, Saskatchewan
Designated places in Saskatchewan
Former villages in Saskatchewan
Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan
Populated places disestablished in 2003
Division No. 1, Saskatchewan
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