Reston is an unincorporated community recognized as a

local urban district A local urban district is a type of unincorporated community within the Canadian province of Manitoba. According to ''The Municipal Act'', a local urban district is a locality wholly within a rural municipality that "has at least 250 residents and ...

in southwestern

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, located near the border of Saskatchewan on the west and North Dakota on the south. It is the largest community in the

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, which also includes

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and Pipestone.

History

The name of the community was derived from the area where many of the original settlers came from, which was Reston Junction in

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, Scotland. The post office opened in 1890 on land location 9-7-27W. It was also a Canadian Pacific railway point and there was a school district which had the name ''Lanark'' and a district named Reston was later located on 9-7-27W. In October 2012, Reston sold lots in the community for $10 in order to attract families and businesses. File:Reston Manitoba 1909.jpg, alt=Postcard of Reston, Manitoba: Main street in town with several horse-drawn carts parked along the street. Buildings included are "Dr. Stevenson D.V.S.", "Royal Restaurant", "Imperial Restaurant" and "Harness Shop.", Main Street, 1909 File:Reston Manitoba c1920.jpg, alt=Bird's eye view of Reston, Manitoba with a focus on "Lake of the Woods Milling Co. Limited" and horse-drawn cart driving down the street., Reston, c. 1920

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Reston had a population of 659 living in 305 of its 336 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 569. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Arts and culture

Reston was featured during season 3 of the CBC program '' Still Standing''. The episode originally aired on August 8, 2017.

References

* ''Geographical Names of Manitoba - Reston (page 227)'' - the Millennium Bureau of Canada {{Authority control Designated places in Manitoba Local urban districts in Manitoba Unincorporated communities in Westman Region