Benge, Washington
Unincorporated community in Adams County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Benge
Benge () is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Washington, United States. Benge School District serves the community, and downtown Benge contains Benge Elementary School.
According to the 2020 census, the Benge ZIP Code Tabulation Area had a population of 62 with 40 housing units and a median household income of $73,750.
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How Benge is governed
Benge appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Adams County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Benge does have local officials.
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Residents of Benge
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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City Attorney
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History
The Mullan Military Road, started in 1859 by Lieutenant John Mullan, connected the upper navigable Missouri River with the Columbia River. This 624-mile (1004 km) road, which passed through what was later to become the town of Benge, was completed in 1862 at a cost of $280,000. The Benge section of the road was completed on May 22, 1861; the wagon ruts were still visible in 2008 just northeast of town at the site of the First Benge School. Although built as a military road, it was used by civilians for both travelers and cargo transport until the Northern Pacific Railroad was completed in 1883.
The town is named after Frank H. Benge, who represented Adams County in the State Legislature in 1904. Benge and his wife donated the land upon which the town site was platted on May 13, 1907.
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