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Newcastle is a community within the Town of
Drumheller Drumheller is a town on the Red Deer River in the badlands of east-central Alberta, Canada. It is northeast of Calgary and south of Stettler. The Drumheller portion of the Red Deer River valley, often referred to as Dinosaur Valley, has a ...
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, Canada. It held village status for eight years between 1923 and 1931, and was recognized as a
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prior to annexation by Drumheller in 1967. The community is located within the
Red Deer River The Red Deer River is a river in Alberta and a small portion of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is a major tributary of the South Saskatchewan River and is part of the larger Saskatchewan-Nelson system that empties into Hudson Bay. Red Deer River h ...
valley on South Dinosaur Trail (Highway 838), approximately west of Drumheller's main townsite. The former hamlet of Midlandvale is located across the river to the north.


History

Newcastle was incorporated as a village on March 16, 1923. It subsequently dissolved from village status on May 21, 1931. Newcastle was eventually annexed by the former City of
Drumheller Drumheller is a town on the Red Deer River in the badlands of east-central Alberta, Canada. It is northeast of Calgary and south of Stettler. The Drumheller portion of the Red Deer River valley, often referred to as Dinosaur Valley, has a ...
from the former Municipal District of Badlands No. 7 (then Improvement District No. 7) in 1967.


Demographics

Over the course of its incorporation, Newcastle had a population of 281 and 304 in 1926 and 1931 respectively. Despite its dissolution in 1931, the former village grew to a population of 1,278 in 1936 and peaked at a population of 1,317 in 1951. It then declined to a population of 949 in 1961.


See also

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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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