Gadsby is a
hamlet
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in
central Alberta
Central Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.
Central Alberta is the most densely populated rural area in the province. Agriculture and energy are important to the area's economy.
Geography
Central Alberta is bordered ...
, Canada that is under the jurisdiction of the
County of Stettler No. 6.
It is located east of
Red Deer
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on
Highway 852 just north of
Highway 12. Incorporated in 1909, it dissolved from village status in early 2020.
History
Gadsby was named for
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
reporter Henry Franklin Gadsby, the namesake for a post office that was opened in 1909.
It was incorporated as the Village of Gadsby on May 6, 1910.
[ At a population of 40, Gadsby was Alberta's smallest village as of the 2016 census.][ It dissolved from village status to become a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the County of Stettler No. 6 on February 1, 2020.][
]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population
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conducted by Statistics Canada, Gadsby had a population of 36 living in 16 of its 18 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 40. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Notable people
*Barbara Kent
Barbara Kent ( Barbara Cloutman) December 16, 1907 – October 13, 2011) was a Canadian film actress, prominent from the silent film era to the early talkies of the 1920s and 1930s. In 1925, Barbara Kent won the Miss Hollywood Beauty Pageant.
...
, silent film actress
*Chester Reynolds
Chester Ambrose Reynolds (September 24, 1902 – May 1, 1983) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1940 to 1944, sitting as a Social Credit member from the const ...
, Alberta politician
See also
*List of communities in Alberta
The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of Local government in Canada, local governments – urban municipalities (including List of cities in Alberta, cities, List of towns in Alberta, towns, List of villages in Alberta, vil ...
*List of former urban municipalities in Alberta
The Province of Alberta currently has 256 urban municipalities including 19 cities, 106 towns, 80 villages and 51 summer villages. In addition, there are 100 communities that previously held some form of urban municipality status. These include ...
* List of hamlets in Alberta
References
{{Subdivisions of Alberta, villages=yes
1910 establishments in Alberta
2020 disestablishments in Alberta
Designated places in Alberta
Former villages in Alberta
Hamlets in Alberta
Populated places disestablished in 2002