Dunmore, Alberta
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Dunmore is a
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in
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, Canada, within
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, southeast of
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's city limits on Highway 1 and the
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mainline. A portion of the hamlet is recognized as a
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by
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. Dunmore is the administrative centre of Cypress County and Prairie Rose School Division No. 8. The hamlet was named by the
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after one of its benefactors: Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore.


Demographics

In the
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conducted by
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, Dunmore had a population of 1,088 living in 374 of its 382 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,100. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Cypress County indicates that the population of the Hamlet of Dunmore was 1,097 in the 2016 Census, a change of from its 2011 population of 1,025.


Education

In the southeastern corner of the community is Eagle Butte High School, named after a
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of the Cypress Hills. A
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house in the Cypress Hills was called " Eagle Butte School".


Amenities and services

Located in the hamlet is Dunmore Park – which has a
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, outdoor
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,
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, and a small
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track. Dunmore has a
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, a community hall, a storage unit business, a
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and various other small businesses.


See also

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List of communities in Alberta The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of Local government in Canada, local governments – urban municipalities (including List of cities in Alberta, cities, List of towns in Alberta, towns, List of villages in Alberta, vil ...
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List of designated places in Alberta A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data. It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population ce ...
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List of former urban municipalities in Alberta The Province of Alberta currently has 253 urban municipalities including 19 cities, 105 towns, 78 villages and 51 summer villages. In addition, there are 106 communities that previously held some form of urban municipality status. These include 2 ...
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References

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