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Claydon is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
within the
Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19,
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on t ...
, Canada. The community is located 60 km southeast of the community of
Robsart, 50 km south of the town of
Eastend
Eastend is a town in south-west part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, situated approximately north of the Montana border and east of the Alberta border.
The town is best known for the nearby discovery of a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' ...
, and 31 km West of Frontier, Saskatchewan on
Highway 18. Very little remains of the former community: only a post office that was also formerly a grocery store, a community hall, and ball diamonds.
Education
Claydon no longer has a school, but those who live in or near Claydon are now bused to the neighboring village of
Frontier which has a school that covers
Kindergarten
Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...
to Grade 12 serving approximately 200 students.
Climate
See also
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List of communities in Saskatchewan
Communities in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada include incorporated municipalities, unincorporated communities and First Nations communities.
Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and nor ...
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List of ghost towns in Canada
This is a list of lists of ghost towns in Canada. A ghost town is a town that once had a considerable population, that has since dwindled in numbers causing some or all its business to close, either due to the rerouting of a highway, train tracks ...
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Ghost towns in Saskatchewan
The following is a list of communities that no longer exist or former Villages/Towns that have become unincorporated hamlets in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Ghost towns are towns that once had a considerable population, that have sinc ...
References
Frontier No. 19, Saskatchewan
Populated places established in 1917
Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan
Ghost towns in Saskatchewan
Division No. 4, Saskatchewan
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