McCord is a

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. It is situated about one mile south of Highway 18, between Ferland and Glentworth, in the south-central portion of the province. McCord has a multi-purpose town hall, grocery store, greenhouse, a Co-Op with a small farming and hardware section, gas pumps, a town museum featuring historical and CPR Railway artifacts, small campground area, two churches, and an arena that previously housed hockey, skating, rodeos, and curling.

Etymology

McCord is named after James Samuel (Jim) McCord, an early rancher who homesteaded at N36-5-8-W3.

Demographics

In the

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, McCord had a population of 25 living in 16 of its 22 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 30. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

Designated places in Saskatchewan Mankota No. 45, Saskatchewan Organized hamlets in Saskatchewan Division No. 3, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision3-geo-stub