History · Minnewaukan · established 1883

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Minnewaukan, in brief

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Minnewaukan is a city in Benson County, North Dakota, United States. It serves as the county seat and is fourth largest city in the county, after Fort Totten, Leeds, and Maddock. The population was 199 at the 2020 census. Minnewaukan was founded in 1884.

Minnewaukan was established in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 224 to 199 (-11%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Minnewaukan, decade by decade

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2009Minnewaukan, North Dakota (2009)

On the National Register

2 historic places in Minnewaukan

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National Historic Landmarks

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historic buildings protected

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first listed

1978

Benson County Courthouse

in North Dakota

#21

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Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Richardsonian Romanesque1

Late Gothic Revival1

Benson County CourthouseRichardsonian Romanesque

All 2 listings

Grace Episcopal ChurchBuilding · listed 1994

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

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Famous people close to Minnewaukan

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Rick BergAmerican politician · b. 1959

Dennis JohnsonAmerican politician · b. 1949

Lois DelmoreAmerican politician · b. 1949

Alfred OseAmerican politician · b. 1916

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From Wikimedia Commons (12) and the National Register of Historic Places (2). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.