Lestock is a

special service area Communities in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, include Incorporation (municipal government), incorporated municipalities, Unincorporated area#Canada, unincorporated communities and First Nations in Canada, First Nations communities. Types ...

within the Rural Municipality of Kellross No. 247,

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, Canada that held

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status prior to September 2017. Lestock had a population of 95 in the

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, a -24.0% decline from 125 in the 2011 Canada Census. The community was named after John Lestock Reid, a surveyor for the railway.

History

Lestock was incorporated as a village on April 17, 1912. It restructured on September 1, 2017, relinquishing its village status in favour of becoming a special service area under the jurisdiction of the Rural Municipality of Kellross No. 247.

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Rural Municipality of Kellross No. 247 Special service areas in Saskatchewan Former villages in Saskatchewan Populated places disestablished in 2017 Division No. 10, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision10-geo-stub

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