Wrentham () is a
hamlet
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in
southern Alberta
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. It is located southeast of the intersection of the
Veteran Memorial Highway (Highway 36) and the historic
Red Coat Trail
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Route description
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(Highway 61), approximately east of the Village of
Stirling
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, south of the Town of
Taber and west of the Village of
Foremost.
The hamlet was named by the
Canadian Pacific Railway
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after
Wrentham, a village in
Suffolk
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,
England
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.
The hamlet is located in
Census Division No. 2 and in the federal riding of
Lethbridge
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.
Demographics
Wrentham recorded a population of 58 in the
1991 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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.
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See also
*List of communities in Alberta
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*List of hamlets in Alberta
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References
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Hamlets in Alberta
County of Warner No. 5