Alhambra | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Alhambra in Alberta |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
Subdivision Name2: | No. 9 |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name3: | Clearwater County |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title: | Reeve |
Leader Name: | |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | |
Population As Of: | 1991 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 64 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 52.3431°N -114.6725°W |
Elevation M: | 980 |
Alhambra is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Clearwater County. It is located close to the David Thompson Highway, east of Rocky Mountain House.
The hamlet is located in census division No. 9. It was first settled in 1906 and the local post office had the name Horseguards. (Horseguards Creek is nearby.)[2]
It was re-named Alhambra when the railroad arrived in 1914.[3] The community takes its name from Alhambra, in Grenada, Spain, as an attempt to share some of that place's glory.[4]
Alhambra recorded a population of 64 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.[1]