Official Name: | County of Newell |
Settlement Type: | Municipal district |
Seal Type: | Logo |
Image Map1: | AB locator COUNTY OF NEWELL.svg |
Mapsize1: | 200 |
Map Caption1: | Location within Alberta |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 2 |
Leader Title: | Reeve |
Leader Name: | Molly Douglass |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | County of Newell Council |
Leader Title2: | Administrative office |
Leader Name2: | south of Brooks |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1948 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | 1953 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 5810.15 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 7465 |
Population Density Km2: | 1.3 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 50.5642°N -111.8989°W |
The County of Newell is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 2, its municipal office is located south of the City of Brooks.
It was incorporated as the County of Newell No. 4 on January 1, 1953, through the amalgamation of the Municipal District of Newell No. 28 and part of the Municipal District of Bow Valley No. 40. Its name was changed to the County of Newell on September 9, 2011.[1]
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the County of Newell.[2]
The following hamlets are located within the County of Newell.
The following localities are located within the County of Newell.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Newell had a population of 7,465 living in 2,404 of its 2,642 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 7,524. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
The population of the County of Newell according to its 2020 municipal census is 7,502.[5]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Newell had a population of 7,524 living in 2,412 of its 2,627 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 7,138. With a land area of 5904.67km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[6]