Rolling Hills is a
hamlet
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in southern
Alberta
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, Canada within the
County of Newell
The County of Newell is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 2, its municipal office is located south of the City of Brooks.
History
It was incorporated as the ''County of Newell No. 4'' on Janu ...
.
Rolling Hills was founded in 1939 by the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) with settlers from dried out regions of
Saskatchewan
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and Alberta.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada, Rolling Hills had a population of 273 living in 108 of its 113 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 258. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
The population of Rolling Hills according to the
2020 municipal census conducted by the County of Newell is 263.
As a designated place in the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rolling Hills had a population of 258 living in 101 of its 104 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 205. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Economy
Rolling Hills’ primary industry is
agriculture
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. Specialty crops grown in the area include dry edible beans, sugar beets, potatoes, seed canola and seed alfalfa. Cattle have always been a major part of the agricultural landscape in the Rolling Hills area.
Education
One school, serving kindergarten through grade 9, is located in Rolling Hills. After grade 9, students attend high school in
Brooks
Brooks may refer to:
Places
;Antarctica
*Cape Brooks
;Canada
*Brooks, Alberta
;United States
* Brooks, Alabama
* Brooks, Arkansas
*Brooks, California
*Brooks, Georgia
* Brooks, Iowa
* Brooks, Kentucky
* Brooks, Maine
* Brooks Township, Michigan ...
, which is approximately northwest of Rolling Hills.
See also
*
List of communities in Alberta
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*
List of designated places in Alberta
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*
List of hamlets in Alberta
References
Hamlets in Alberta
Designated places in Alberta
County of Newell
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