The Rural Municipality of Reno No. 51 ( 2021 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the

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of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 4 and Division No. 3. Located in the southwest corner of the province, it is adjacent to the United States border to the south and the Alberta boundary to the west.

History

The RM of Reno No. 51 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 11, 1911. Reno, Nevada and Reno County, Kansas are both named for Jesse Lee Reno, a Union general in the American Civil War. However, no record exists of why the Saskatchewan RM's name might derive from this source. An alternative explanation is that RENO is an acronym of four rural post offices in the vicinity - Russthorn (near Robsart), Eden Valley (southwest of Cypress Lake), Nashlyn (south of Consul), and Oxarat (west of Cypress Lake). Although Nashlyn then lay outside the boundary of the RM, similar acronymic names are not unknown on the Canadian prairies; see also Sangudo, Alberta.

Geography

The RM of Reno No. 51 is in the southwest corner of the province. It neighbours Hill County and Blaine County in Montana to the south and Cypress County in Alberta to the west. Within Saskatchewan, it is adjacent to the RMs of Maple Creek No. 111, White Valley No. 49, and Frontier No. 19.

Communities and localities

The following

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are surrounded by the RM. ; Villages * Consul The following unincorporated communities are located in the RM. ;Localities * Altwan * Battle Creek *

Govenlock Govenlock is an unincorporated community within Rural Municipality of Reno No. 51, Saskatchewan, Canada. It previously held the status of a village, with a peak population of 151 residents; its village status was dissolved on January 1, 1976. ...

, dissolved as a village January 1, 1976 * Merryflat * Nashlyn * Notukeu * Oxarat *

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* Rangeview * Robsart, dissolved as a village January 1, 2002 *

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, dissolved as a village January 1, 1994 * Supreme * Tyro *

Vidora Vidora is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of Reno No. 51, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community once had a population of 200 people in 1940 and has since declined to 1 resident. It previously held village status until it ...

, dissolved as a village January 1, 1952 *

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* Willow Creek

Climate

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the RM of Reno No. 51 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Reno No. 51 recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Attractions

;Local attractions * Red Coat Trail **

Robsart Art Works Robsart Art Works (RAW) was an art studio and museum featuring local and regional artist from Southwest Saskatchewan and region. Purpose The Robsart Art Works gallery was located in the historic 1913 Revelstoke Lumber yard office building, the ga ...

* Old Man on His Back Prairie and Heritage Conservation Area ** Old Man On His Back Plateau * Cypress Lake ** Cypress Lake Provincial Recreation Site ** Heglund Island Provincial Wildlife Refuge ;Regional attractions * T.rex Discovery CentreT. rex Discovery Centre, Eastend, Saskatchewan
/ref> in Eastend * Cypress Hills ** Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park ** Dark-sky preserve *** Fort Walsh

Government

The RM of Reno No. 51 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Wednesday of every month. The

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of the RM is Brian McMillan while its administrator is Tanya Howell. The RM's office is located in Consul.

Transportation

The following is a list of Saskatchewan highways and

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, railways, and other forms of transportation that service the area. * Highway 13 * Highway 18 * Highway 21 * Highway 615 * Highway 271 *

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– a Canadian short line railway company operating on former

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trackage in southwest Saskatchewan

References

{{Authority control * Reno Division No. 4, Saskatchewan