Flagstaff County is a
municipal district
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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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Cities
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Towns
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Origin and use
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Daysland
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History
The community was named for its founder and first mayor, Edgerton W. Day, who purchased of land from the CPR in 1904 to form the bas ...
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Hardisty
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Killam
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* Amasa Emerson Killam (1834–1922), Canadian politician
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Sedgewick
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Villages
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Forestburg
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Heisler
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Lougheed
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Summer villages
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The following hamlets are located within Flagstaff County.
[
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* Strome
The following localities are located within Flagstaff County.
;Localities
*Battle Bend
* Bellshill
*Berkinshaw
*Bonlea
*Lorraine
*Woodglen
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada, 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.
See also
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List of communities in Alberta
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List of municipal districts in Alberta
References
External links
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{{Alberta Regions North Saskatchewan
Municipal districts in Alberta