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Gadsby, Alberta

Field	Value
name	Gadsby
official_name	Hamlet of Gadsby
native_name
settlement_type	Hamlet
pushpin_map	Canada Alberta
pushpin_label_position
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Alberta
subdivision_type2	Region
subdivision_name2	Central Alberta
subdivision_type3	Census division
subdivision_name3	7
subdivision_type4	Municipal district
subdivision_name4	County of Stettler No. 6
established_title	Founded
established_date	1909
established_title1	Incorporated
established_date1
established_title2	• Village
established_date2	May 6, 1910
established_title3	Dissolution
established_date3	February 1, 2020
area_footnotes	(2021)
area_land_km2	0.72
population_as_of	2021
population_footnotes
population_total	36
population_density_km2	49.7
timezone	MST
utc_offset	−7
timezone_DST	MDT
utc_offset_DST	−6
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
blank_name	Highways
blank_info	12, 852

Gadsby is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada that is under the jurisdiction of the County of Stettler No. 6. It is located east of Red Deer on Highway 852 just north of Highway 12. Incorporated in 1909, it dissolved from village status in early 2020.

History

Gadsby was named for Toronto reporter Henry Franklin Gadsby, the namesake for a post office that was opened in 1909. It was incorporated as the Village of Gadsby on May 6, 1910. At a population of 40, Gadsby was Alberta's smallest village as of the 2016 census. It dissolved from village status to become a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the County of Stettler No. 6 on February 1, 2020.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gadsby had a population of 36 living in 16 of its 18 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 40. With a land area of 0.72 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gadsby had a population of 40 living in 24 of its 25 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 25. With a land area of 0.75 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Notable people

Barbara Kent, silent film actress
Chester Reynolds, Alberta politician

References

(October 21, 2016). "Location and History Profile: Village of Gadsby". [[Alberta Municipal Affairs]].
(January 28, 2020). "{{abbr". Government of Alberta.
{{AltaML
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". [[Statistics Canada]].
(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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