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Evarts, Alberta

Coordinates: 52°15′38″N 114°16′18″W / 52.26056°N 114.27167°W / 52.26056; -114.27167
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Evarts
Former village
Evarts is located in Red Deer County
Evarts
Evarts
Location of Evarts
Evarts is located in Alberta
Evarts
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Evarts (Alberta)
Coordinates: 52°15′38″N 114°16′18″W / 52.26056°N 114.27167°W / 52.26056; -114.27167
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
RegionCentral Alberta
Census divisionNo. 8
Municipal districtRed Deer County
Incorporated (village)[1]May 9, 1906
Dissolved[2]May 27, 1916
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
Area codes403 / 587

Evarts is an unincorporated community in central Alberta, Canada within Red Deer County.[3] It is located on Township Road 382 to the east of the Medicine River,[4] approximately 5.0 km (3.1 mi) south of the Hamlet of Benalto and 13.0 km (8.1 mi) southwest of the Town of Sylvan Lake.

History

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The community has the name of Louis P. Evarts, a pioneer citizen.[5] Evarts incorporated as a village on May 9, 1906.[1] It subsequently dissolved from village status on May 27, 1916.[2]

Demographics

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Population history
of Evarts
YearPop.±%
191125—    
191626+4.0%
Source: Statistics Canada[6]

The Dominion Bureau of Statistics recorded Evarts' population as 25 in 1911 and 26 in 1916.[6] According to Alberta Municipal Affairs, the Village of Evarts had a population of 18 in 1914[7] and 22 in 1915.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "The Alberta Gazette, 1906 (Volume 2) – Establishment of Villages". Government of Alberta. May 9, 1906. pp. 10–11. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "The Alberta Gazette, 1916 (Volume 12) – Notice". Government of Alberta. June 15, 1916. p. 340. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  3. ^ "SGC Economic Regions – Red Deer County, geographical codes and localities, 2006". Statistics Canada. March 5, 2010. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  4. ^ "Red Deer County 2009 Land Ownership Map". Red Deer County. August 2009. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  5. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 49.
  6. ^ a b "Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1916" (PDF). Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1918. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  7. ^ "Population Data 1914" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. 1914. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  8. ^ "Population Data 1915" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
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