Cudworth, Saskatchewan Explained

Official Name:Cudworth
Settlement Type:Town
Nickname:The Hub of the Cities
Pushpin Map:Saskatchewan#Canada
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Cudworth in Saskatchewan
Coordinates:52.4833°N -148°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:R.M.
Subdivision Name2:Hoodoo No. 401
Subdivision Type3:Census Division
Subdivision Name3:Division 15
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:early 1900s
Established Title2:Incorporated (village)
Established Date2:1911
Established Title3:Incorporated (town)
Established Date3:1961
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Charlee Medernach [1]
Leader Title1:Governing body
Leader Name1:Cudworth town council
Leader Title2:MP Saskatoon—University
Leader Name2:Brad Trost
Leader Title3:MLA Batoche
Leader Name3:Delbert Kirsch
Area Total Km2:2.21
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:770
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:348.7
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0K 1B0
Area Code:306
Blank1 Name:Highways
Website:Official website
Footnotes:[3]

Cudworth is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. Cudworth is located approximately 85 km north-east of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in the Minnichinas Hills. Cudworth is in hilly partially forested country east of the South Saskatchewan River. The area is part of the aspen parkland biome.

Cudworth had a population of 770 people in 2011.[2] It has a public K-12 school, 60 local businesses and 3 churches serving the rural area surrounding it. It is surrounded by a large agricultural community.

The first pioneers settled the area west of modern-day Cudworth in the late 19th century. Established in 1911, the village was named after English philosopher Ralph Cudworth. Present day Cudworth continues to consist mainly of families with Ukrainian and German origins.

History

The town was originally peopled primarily by settlers of Eastern European origin including Germany, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine.[4]

In September 2008, Cudworth's grain elevator went up in flames. Cudworth was one of three Saskatchewan towns that still had an original Saskatchewan Wheat Pool elevator and a Canadian National Railway (CN) train station.

Historic sites

Located two miles west of Cudworth is the historic Our Lady of Sorrows Shrine. The site consists of an altar, chapel, statue and Stations of the Cross on a hill west of Highway 2. The shrine was established after three children saw a beautiful sad lady dragging chains and carrying a golden cross  - when they approached her, she vanished. There is an annual pilgrimage on the tenth Sunday after Easter. It is an official pilgrimage of the Saskatoon Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy.[5]

The Cudworth Heritage Museum (former CN Station) (c. 1925) is a Municipal Heritage Property on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.[6]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cudworth had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.12km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[7]

Transportation

The municipality operates the Cudworth Municipal Airport.

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Mike Borstmayer
  2. Web site: 2011 Community Profiles . Statistics Canada . Government of Canada . 2014-05-07 . 26 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181226131643/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E%0A . dead.
  3. Web site: Government of Saskatchewan . MRD Home . Municipal Directory System . 2013-12-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160115125115/http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx . 2016-01-15 .
  4. Web site: History of Cudworth . Town of Cudworth . 2007 . 2009-12-07 . 6 October 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081006150657/http://www.townofcudworth.com/commHis.htm . dead.
  5. Web site: Quick Facts About Communities. Prairie Innovation Enterprise Region. 2009-12-07.
  6. Web site: Cudworth Museum (former CN Station). Canada's Historic Places. 2009-12-07.
  7. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . February 9, 2022 . April 1, 2022.