Lawson is a
hamlet
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in
Maple Bush Rural Municipality No. 224,
Saskatchewan
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,
Canada
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. It previously held the status of village until December 31, 1985. The hamlet is located 12 km north-west of the Town of
Central Butte on
highway 42 along the now defunct
Canadian Pacific Railway subdivision.
History
Prior to December 31, 1985, Lawson was incorporated as a
village
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, and was restructured as a
hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
under the jurisdiction of the
Rural municipality
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These include:
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of Grass Lake that date.
Notable residents
*
Arthur John Lewis, a
rogressivepolitician
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.
See also
*
List of communities in Saskatchewan
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Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and nor ...
*
Hamlets of Saskatchewan
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References
Maple Bush No. 224, Saskatchewan
Former villages in Saskatchewan
Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan
Populated places disestablished in 1985
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