Kneehill County is a
municipal district
A municipal district is an administrative entity comprising a clearly-defined territory and its population. It may be a city, a town, a village, a small grouping of them, or a rural area.
Brazil
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in
central Alberta
Central Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.
Central Alberta is the most densely populated rural area in the province. Agriculture and energy are important to the area's economy.
Geography
Central Alberta is bordered ...
, Canada within
Census Division No. 5.
History
''"The municipal history of Kneehill County began in when"''
ic''"the Rural Municipality of Roach formed in 1913... In 1945, the Municipal District of Kneehill No. 278 renumbered as the Municipal District of Kneehill No. 48. In 1997, the Village of Torrington dissolved to become part of the Municipal District of Kneehill No. 48. In 1998, the Municipal District of Kneehill No. 48 became Kneehill County."
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Geography
Communities and localities
The following
urban municipalities are surrounded by Kneehill County:
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Cities
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Towns
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Three Hills
Three Hills is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It takes its name from the three somewhat-larger-than-normal hills to its north.
History
Three Hills post office dates from 1904. Three Hills was incorporated as a village in 1912, the yea ...
(location of
municipal office)
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Trochu
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Villages
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Acme
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Linden
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Summer villages
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The following
hamlets
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are located within Kneehill County:
[
;]Hamlets
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*Bircham
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* Hesketh
* Huxley
* Sunnyslope
*Swalwell
Swalwell is a village in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, in the United Kingdom.
History
On 27 August 1640, an encampment of soldiers was gathered in the fields north of Whickham church on the slope down to Swalwell. This was part of the Royal ...
* Torrington (dissolved from village status in December 1997)
*Wimborne
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The following localities
Locality may refer to:
* Locality, a historical named location or place in Canada
* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localitie ...
are located within Kneehill County:
;Localities
*Allingham
*Bargrave
* Beynon
*Buoyant
*Cosway
*Curlew
*Dunphy
*Entice
*Equity
* Gatine
*Ghost Pine
*Ghost Pine Creek
*Grainger
*Helmer
*Highland Ranch
*Kirkpatrick
*Perbeck
* Sharples
*Taylor
*Tolman
*Twining ()
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Kneehill County had a population of 4,914 living in 1,715 of its 1,881 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 5,001. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kneehill County had a population of 5,001 living in 1,722 of its 1,859 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 4,921. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
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 municipal districts in Alberta
A municipal district (MD) is the most common form of all List of communities in Alberta#Rural municipalities, rural municipality statuses used in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta's municipal distric ...
References
External links
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Municipal districts in Alberta