Cardston County is a

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, Canada. It is located in Census Division 3 around the Town of Cardston. The municipal district was established on January 1, 1954, through the amalgamation of the ''Municipal District of Sugar City No. 5'' and part of the ''Municipal District of Cochrane No. 6''. On January 1, 2000, the name was changed from ''Municipal District of Cardston No. 6'' to ''Cardston County''

Geography

Cardston County, located in southern Alberta,

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, boasts a diverse landscape ranging from rolling plains to stunning

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vistas. Its terrain is influenced by the Waterton River, providing fertile farmland and scenic beauty."

Lakes

* Payne Lake

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Cardston County. ;

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*none ;

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* Cardston * Magrath ;

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* Glenwood *

Hill Spring Hill Spring is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located west of Cardston and southeast of Pincher Creek, in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. History Hill Spring was founded in 1910 by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- ...

; Summer villages *none The following

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are located within Cardston County. ;

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* Del Bonita * Kimball * Leavitt * Mountain View * Spring Coulee *

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* Welling Station * Woolford The following

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are located within Cardston County. ;Localities *Boundary Creek *Bradshaw *Caldwell *Colles *Glenwoodville *Hacke *Hartleyville * Jefferson *Owendale *Parkbend * Raley *Rush Lake * Taylorville *Twin River * Whiskey Gap ;Other places * Woolford FlatWoolford Flat
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Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Cardston County had a population of 4,856 living in 1,143 of its 1,387 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 4,481. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cardston County had a population of 4,481 living in 1,043 of its 1,260 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 4,167. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

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