Yellowhead County AB Entrance on Yellowhead Highway

Yellowhead County is a

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in west central

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, Canada. It is the only municipal district within Alberta

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No. 14.

History

*1994: Established as a ''Municipal District of Yellowhead No. 94'' on January 1. *1998: The name changed to ''Yellowhead County'' on July 8. *1998: Evansburg dissolved as a village, and became part of Yellowhead Municipal District on June 30.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Yellowhead County. ;

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*none ;

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* Edson * Hinton ;

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*none ; Summer villages *none The following

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ...

are located within Yellowhead County. ;

Hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ...

* Brule *

Cadomin Cadomin is a Hamlet (place), hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada, within Yellowhead County. It is along the McLeod River in the Rocky Mountain Foothills, foothills of the Rocky Mountains, approximately south of Hinton, Alberta, Hinton near ...

* Evansburg *

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Niton Junction Niton Junction is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is located on the Yellowhead Highway ( Highway 16) approximately east of Edson and west of Edmonton. It is east of the Yellowhead Highway's junction with ...

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* Wildwood The following

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are located within Yellowhead County. ;Localities *

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*Balkan *Basing *Bickerdike *Branch Inn Trailer Court *Brule Mines *Brûlé Mines *Bryan *Calvert * Carrot Creek *Chip Lake *Coal Valley * Coalspur *Dalehurst *Diss * Drinnan * Embarras * Entrance *Erith *Erith Tie *Fidler *Foothills *Galloway *Granada *Grave Flats *Gregg Subdivision *

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*Hanlon *Hansonville *Hargwen *Hattonford *Hoff *Holloway *Hornbeck *Kaydee *Leaman *Leyland *

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*Lovettville * Luscar *

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(held hamlet designation from 1979 to 2019) *Mahaska *Matthews Crossing *McLeod River *McLeod Valley *Medicine Lodge * Mercoal * Mountain Park *Mountain View Estates *Niton * Nojack or No Jack *Northville * Obed *Oke *Old Entrance *Park Court *Pedley *Pembina Forks *Pine Dale Subdivision * Pine Shadows * Pinedale (held hamlet designation from 1987 to 2019) *Pinedale Estates *Pioneer *Rangeton *Ravine *Reco *Rosevear *Shaw *Shining Bank *Solomon *Steeper *Sterco *Styal *Swan Landing *Trade Winds Trailer Court *Two Rivers Estates *Weald *Wild Hay *Wolf Creek *Yates The former Village of Tollerton is also located in Yellowhead County.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Yellowhead County had a population of 10,426 living in 4,160 of its 4,859 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 10,995. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Yellowhead County had a population of 10,995 living in 4,309 of its 5,048 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 10,469. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

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