| Dunmore | |
| Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
| Pushpin Map: | CAN AB Cypress#Alberta |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Dunmore in Alberta |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name3: | Cypress County |
| Named For: | Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore |
| Government Type: | Unincorporated |
| Governing Body: | Cypress County Council |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 5.6 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1088 |
| Population Density Km2: | 194.3 |
| Timezone1: | MST |
| Utc Offset1: | -7 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -6 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code FSA |
| Postal Code: | T1B |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Highways |
Dunmore is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada, within Cypress County, 2.6km (01.6miles) southeast of Medicine Hat's city limits on Highway 1 and the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline. A portion of the hamlet is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada.[1]
Dunmore is the administrative centre of Cypress County and Prairie Rose School Division No. 8.
The hamlet was named by the CPR after one of its benefactors: Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Dunmore had a population of 1,088 living in 374 of its 382 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,100. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
Cypress County indicates that the population of the Hamlet of Dunmore was 1,097 in the 2016 Census, a change of from its 2011 population of 1,025.[4]
In the southeastern corner of the community is Eagle Butte High School, named after a geographic feature of the Cypress Hills. A one-room schoolhouse in the Cypress Hills was called "Eagle Butte School".[5]
Located in the hamlet is Dunmore Park – which has a playground, outdoor hockey rink, baseball field, and a small BMX track. Dunmore has a gas station, a community hall, a storage unit business, a bar and various other small businesses.