Riceton is a

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History

The first grain elevator was built in 1913. By 1968 Riceton's population was 128.

Name

According to a collectively-researched 1968 publication on Saskatchewan place name origins, Riceton was named after J. S. Rice who owned the land on which the town was incorporated.

Demographics

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, Riceton had a population of 33 living in 21 of its 27 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 61. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

Designated places in Saskatchewan Lajord No. 128, Saskatchewan Organized hamlets in Saskatchewan Division No. 6, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision6-geo-stub