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Starland County is a municipal district located in southern Alberta, Canada.
*McLaren Dam Recreation Area
*Michichi Dam Recreation Area
*Starland Recreation Area
History
The municipality was incorporated in 1912, and established in the current boundaries in 1943, under the name ''Municipal District of Morrin No. 277''. The name was changed the same year to ''Municipal District of Starland No. 277''. Its name was changed again to Starland County in 1998.Geography
Communities and localities
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Starland County.
; 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 ...
*none
; Villages
*Delia
Delia is a feminine given name, either taken from an epithet of the Greek moon goddess Artemis, or else representing a short form of '' Adelia'', '' Bedelia'', ''Cordelia'' or '' Odelia''.
Meanings and origins
According to records for the 1901 ...
* Morrin (location of municipal office
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
)
* Munson
; Summer villages
*none
The following hamlets are located within Starland County.
; Hamlets
* Craigmyle
*Michichi
Michichi () is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada, within Starland County. It is located south of Highway 9, approximately northeast of Calgary.
The name ''Michichi'' derives from the Cree word ( 'hand'), a reference to the nearby Hand ...
*Rowley Rowley may refer to:
Places Canada
* Rowley, Alberta
* Rowley Island, Nunavut
United Kingdom
* Rowley, County Durham, a hamlet
* Rowley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
* Rowley, Shropshire, a location in Shropshire, England
* Rowley Regis, ...
* Rumsey (dissolved from village status in 1995)
The following localities are located within Starland County.
;Localities
*Dinosaur
*Dowling Lake
* Gartly
*Rainbow
*Stonelaw
*Verdant Valley
*Victor
Demographics
In the2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by Statistics Canada
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, Starland County had a population of 1,821 living in 588 of its 679 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,066. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Starland County had a population of 2,066 living in 611 of its 693 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 2,057. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Starland County's 2013 municipal census counted a population of 2,071.
Attractions
*McLaren Dam Recreation Area
*Michichi Dam Recreation Area
*Starland Recreation Area
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
* {{Alberta, RM=yes Municipal districts in Alberta