St. Benedict

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St. Benedict

Total population

36

Median home value

$0

42.1%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$0

Elevation347 m

Land area3.73 km²

Weather59°F · Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates39.89°, -96.10°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

St. Benedict is a census-designated place (CDP) in Nemaha County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 50. It is located three miles north of the western edge of Seneca.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for St. Benedict, KS from NOAA NWS API.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

John Riggins

American football player

E

Effie Mona Mack

American historian

Ira K. Wells

Puerto Rican judge (1871-1934)

J

Jerry Henry

American politician

J

John Carter Vincent

American diplomat

E

Edward White

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

L

Leon Niehues

American basket weaver (born 1951)

R

Ron Hein

American politician

R

Roy E. Moore

American gymnast

B

Bruce F. Larkin

American politician (born 1950)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Kansas

• Seneca
  4.2 mi away · pop. 2,090
• Axtell
  8.3 mi away · pop. 468
• Centralia
  11.7 mi away · pop. 501
• Beattie
  16.8 mi away · pop. 185
• Goff
  18.2 mi away · pop. 133
• Home
  22.4 mi away · pop. 92
• Wetmore
  23.6 mi away
• Hamlin
  25.2 mi away · pop. 14
• Soldier
  25.6 mi away · pop. 68
• Kickapoo Site 6
  25.9 mi away
• Havensville
  26.4 mi away · pop. 172
• Powhattan
  26.5 mi away · pop. 74

Browse all places in Kansas →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about St. Benedict

Kansas monks

Peter Beckman · 1957

St. Joseph & Grand Island fore-closure, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eighth Judicial Circuit and district of Nebraska, district of Kansas and the Western District of Missouri

James H. Benedict · 1894

Abbey student. Volume 31, number 3 (December 1921), II series, volume 25

The students of St. Benedict's College · 1921

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum · 1899

American Bastille

John A. Marshall · 1871

The hierarchy of the Catholic Church in the United States

John Gilmary Shea · 1886

History of the World's Fair

Benjamin Cummings Truman · 1893

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire B.B, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 207 mi
• Wildfire BISON, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 209 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Brown-shaded Gray

Iridopsis defectaria

Seen 2026-09-02

Scissor Grinder

Neotibicen pruinosus

Seen 2026-09-02

Southern Beet Webworm Moth

Herpetogramma bipunctalis

Seen 2026-09-02

Goldenrod Soldier Beetle

Chauliognathus pensylvanicus

Seen 2026-08-27

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Seen 2026-08-21

common milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Seen 2026-08-12

Oleander Aphid

Aphis nerii

Seen 2026-08-12

Familiar Bluet

Enallagma civile

Seen 2026-08-12

Faint-spotted Angle

Digrammia ocellinata

Seen 2026-08-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).