Abandoned Record
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.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Benge, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Benge is
Historic maps
6 historic USGS maps cover Benge
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1950 Benge sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1952 Benge sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1953 Walla Walla sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Walla Walla sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1981 Benge sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1983 Connell sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Benge
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Washington index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Benge": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Benge, Washington": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q4887731.
- USGS GNIS 1512002.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).