The County of Forty Mile No. 8 is a
municipal district in south eastern
Alberta, Canada. It is located in
Census Division 1, southwest of
Medicine Hat. Its
municipal office
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
is located in the Village of
Foremost.
Geography
Communities and localities
The following
urban municipalities are surrounded by the County of Forty Mile No. 8.
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Cities
*none
;
Towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
*
Bow Island
;
Villages
*
Foremost
;
Summer villages
*none
The following
hamlets are located within the County of Forty Mile No. 8.
[
; Hamlets
* Burdett (dissolved from village status on January 1, 2003)
* Etzikom
*]Manyberries
Manyberries is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the County of Forty Mile No. 8. It is located approximately south of Medicine Hat, at the eastern end of Highway 61 (the Red Coat Trail).
Climate
Manyberries experiences a semi-arid climate ( ...
* Orion
* Skiff
The following localities are located within the County of Forty Mile No. 8.Aden
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*Avalon
*Bingen
*Birdsholm
*Comrey
*Endon
*Faith
*Florann
*Gahern
*Goddard
*Granlea
*Groton
*Hoping
*Inversnay
*Jensen
*Juno
* Legend
* Maleb (previously Conquerville)
* Nemiscam
* Pakowki
*Pendant d'Oreille
*Pinhorn
*Ranchville
* Whitla
*Winnifred
Winnifred is a given name.
People
Notable people with the name include:
* Winnifred Eaton (1875–1954), Canadian author
* Winnifred Harper Cooley (1874–1967), American author and lecturer
* Winnifred Hudson (1905–1996), British-born pain ...
;Other places
* Altorado
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the County of Forty Mile No. 8 had a population of 3,471 living in 861 of its 994 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,581. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Forty Mile No. 8 had a population of 3,581 living in 865 of its 968 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 3,336. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
See also
*
List of communities in Alberta
*
List of municipal districts in Alberta
A municipal district (MD) is the most common form of all rural municipality statuses used in the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta's municipal districts, most of which are branded as a county (e.g. Yellowhead County, County of Newell, etc. ...
References
External links
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{{Alberta Regions South Saskatchewan
Forty Mile
1954 establishments in Alberta