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Cowley, Alberta

Municipality in Alberta, Canada (est. 1906)

Municipality in Alberta, Canada (est. 1906)

FieldValue
nameCowley
official_nameVillage of Cowley
native_name
settlement_typeVillage
image_skylineCowley Alberta looking east on AB3.jpg
image_captionLooking east at Cowley on AB3 (Crowsnest Highway)
pushpin_mapCanada Alberta
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_map_captionLocation of Cowley in Alberta
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Alberta
subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_name2Southern Alberta
subdivision_type3Census division
subdivision_name33
subdivision_type4Municipal district
subdivision_name4Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9
government_footnotes
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameGarry Hackler (Deputy)
leader_title1Governing body
leader_name1Cowley Village Council
leader_title2
leader_title3MLA
established_titleFounded
established_title1Incorporated
established_date1
established_title2• Village
established_date2August 16, 1906
area_footnotes(2021)
area_land_km21.36
population_as_of2021
population_footnotes
population_total216
population_density_km2159.2
timezoneMST
utc_offset−7
timezone_DSTMDT
utc_offset_DST−6
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m1175
area_codes+1-403, +1-587
blank_nameHighways
blank_infoHighway 3
Highway 510
blank1_nameWaterway
blank1_infoOldman River Reservoir
website

Highway 510

Cowley is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is west of Lethbridge and surrounded by the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9.

It was settled in the 1880s and named by a rancher. Cowley Post Office opened in 1900, and in 1906 Cowley was incorporated as village. The community's name is a combination of "cow" and "lea".

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Cowley had a population of 216 living in 96 of its 110 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 209. With a land area of 1.36 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Cowley recorded a population of 209 living in 100 of its 113 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 236. With a land area of 1.37 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Arts and culture

Cowley was featured in the 2005 motion picture Brokeback Mountain as the fictional town of Signal, Wyoming.

Cowley is featured on a 17c postage stamp issued by Canada Post in 1980 (August 27) to mark the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Province of Alberta.

References

References

  1. {{AMOS
  2. (October 14, 2016). "Location and History Profile: Village of Cowley". [[Alberta Municipal Affairs]].
  3. (January 2012). "Alberta Private Sewage Systems 2009 Standard of Practice Handbook: Appendix A.3 Alberta Design Data (A.3.A. Alberta Climate Design Data by Town)". Safety Codes Council.
  4. (1928). "Place-names of Alberta". Geographic Board of Canada.
  5. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". [[Statistics Canada]].
  6. (February 8, 2017). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". [[Statistics Canada]].
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