Lawson is a
hamlet
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in
Maple Bush Rural Municipality No. 224,
Saskatchewan
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,
Canada
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. It previously held the status of village until December 31, 1985. The hamlet is located 12 km north-west of the Town of
Central Butte on
highway 42 along the now defunct
Canadian Pacific Railway
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subdivision
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Arts and entertainment
* Subdivision (metre), in music
* ''Subdivision'' (film), 2009
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* ''Subdivisions'' (EP), by Sinch, 2005
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.
History
Prior to December 31, 1985, Lawson was incorporated as a
village
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, and was restructured as a
hamlet
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under the jurisdiction of the
Rural municipality
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of Grass Lake that date.
Notable residents
*
Arthur John Lewis
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, a
rogressivepolitician
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.
See also
*
List of communities in Saskatchewan
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Types ...
*
Hamlets of Saskatchewan
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References
Maple Bush No. 224, Saskatchewan
Former villages in Saskatchewan
Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan
Populated places disestablished in 1985
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