Torrington is a
hamlet
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in central
Alberta
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, Canada within
Kneehill County
Kneehill County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada within Census Division No. 5.
Geography Communities and localities
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Kneehill County:
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. It is located approximately northeast of
Calgary
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at the junction of
Highway 27 and
Highway 805.
The hamlet is located in
Census Division No. 5 and in the federal riding of
Crowfoot
Crowfoot (1830 – 25 April 1890) or Isapo-Muxika ( bla, Issapóómahksika, italics=yes; syllabics: ) was a chief of the Siksika First Nation. His parents, (Packs a Knife) and (Attacked Towards Home), were Kainai. He was five years old when ...
.
The main industry is agriculture.
The community is home to the
Gopher Hole Museum, dedicated to stuffed
Richardson's ground squirrel
Richardson's ground squirrel (''Urocitellus richardsonii''), also known as the dakrat or flickertail, is a North American ground squirrel in the genus ''Urocitellus''. Like a number of other ground squirrels, they are sometimes called prairie do ...
s (technically not gophers) in
anthropomorphic
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Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics t ...
taxidermy
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settings.
A very large outdoor gopher sculpture (12 ft high) named "Clem T. GoFur" is located in the village.
All 11 of Torrington's fire hydrants were painted to look like gophers.
Torrington was
incorporated as a village until 1997, when it dissolved to hamlet status under the jurisdiction of Kneehill County.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Torrington had a population of 306 living in 137 of its 146 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 201. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
As a designated place in the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Torrington had a population of 170 living in 83 of its 89 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 179. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
See also
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List of communities in Alberta
The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of local governments – urban municipalities (including cities, towns, villages and summer villages), specialized municipalities, rural municipalities (including municipal district ...
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List of designated places in Alberta
A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data. It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada Population cen ...
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List of former urban municipalities in Alberta
The Province of Alberta currently has 256 urban municipalities including 19 cities, 106 towns, 80 villages and 51 summer villages. In addition, there are 100 communities that previously held some form of urban municipality status. These include ...
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List of hamlets in Alberta
Hamlets in the province of Alberta, Canada, are unincorporated communities administered by, and within the boundaries of, specialized municipalities or rural municipalities ( municipal districts, improvement districts and special areas). The ...
References
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Designated places in Alberta
Hamlets in Alberta
Former villages in Alberta
Kneehill County
Populated places disestablished in 1997