[2] There are 13 townships in the unorganized territory, including Molunkus, Benedicta, Silver Ridge, Bancroft, Upper Molunkus, North Yarmouth Academy Grant, Forkstown, and Bragg Tract.

In the unorganized territory, 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick founded Benedicta in 1834 as a colony of Irish Catholics from Boston.

They began arriving in 1838[5] and built a small village surrounding St. Benedict Church.

Fenwick later considered Benedicta as a home for the planned College of the Holy Cross, but settled on Worcester, Massachusetts, instead.