Plato is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
within the
Rural Municipality of Snipe Lake No. 259,
Saskatchewan
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,
Canada
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. The community was named after
Plato, Minnesota
Plato is a city in southeastern McLeod County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 329 at the 2020 census.
History
A post office called Plato has been in operation since 1858. The city was named for Plato, a Greek philosopher.
Geogr ...
, which had been the home town of Richard and Agnes Brust, early pioneers.
The town is a few hundred yards off
Saskatchewan Highway 44
Highway 44 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territori ...
. While the highway is paved, the town itself contains only gravel roads, and several houses remain abandoned. The town retains a small
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
.
See also
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List of communities in Saskatchewan
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 ...
References
Snipe Lake No. 259, Saskatchewan
Former villages in Saskatchewan
Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan
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