Flagstaff County is a

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in east central

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, Canada. It is located in Census Division 7. The county was incorporated in the current boundaries in 1944 as ''Municipal District of Killam No. 390'', name changed a year later to ''Municipal District of Flagstaff No. 62''. It was established as a county in 1968. Its municipal office is located in the Town of Sedgewick.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Flagstaff County. ;

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* Sedgewick ;

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* Forestburg * Heisler * Lougheed ; Summer villages *none The following hamlets are located within Flagstaff County. ;

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* Strome The following localities are located within Flagstaff County. ;Localities *Battle Bend *

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*Berkinshaw *Bonlea *Lorraine *Woodglen

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Flagstaff County had a population of 3,694 living in 1,378 of its 1,558 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,728. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Flagstaff County had a population of 3,738 living in 1,380 of its 1,532 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 3,591. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Infrastructure

;Transportation The area is served by Killam-Sedgewick/Flagstaff Regional Airport.

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