Froude | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated Community |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southeast Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Griffin |
Leader Title: | Reeve |
Leader Name: | David Hoffort |
Leader Title1: | Administrator |
Leader Name1: | Laureen Keating |
Leader Title2: | Governing body |
Leader Name2: | Rural Municipality of Griffin No. 66[1] |
Leader Title3: | Federal Electoral District Assiniboia M.P. |
Leader Title4: | Provincial Constituency M.L.A. |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1908 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 3 |
Population Blank1 Title: | National Population Rank (Out of 5,008) |
Timezone: | CST |
Coordinates: | 49.6719°N -103.2806°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 13 |
Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Blank1 Info: | Canadian Pacific (abandoned) |
Froude is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located in the Rural Municipality of Griffin No. 66, along the historic Ghost Town Trail, also known as the Red Coat Trail or Highway 13. The community is located approximately 42 km east of the city of Weyburn and 137 km southeast of the provincial capital city of Regina.
Froude is named after the English historian James Anthony Froude.
The post office opened on June 1, 1908, in a private dwelling, Section 27, Township 8, Range 10, W2. On December 31, 1969, the post office shut its doors.
The community of Froude had a peak population of 200 citizens in 1920–21. It has struggled over the years to maintain a steady population and has now become a semi–ghost town, with few residents remaining.
Froude once a had a booming economy with a variety of businesses such as Canadian Pacific Railway telegraph and Dominion Express services, two grain elevators, Federal Grain Co. and North Star Grain Co. offices, a bank, a hardware store, a general store, a blacksmith, and a Presbyterian church.
Froude is located in the Federal Electoral District of Souris—Moose Mountain in the Rural Municipality of Griffin No. 66, at an elevation of 2012feet.
Froude School District No. 1896 was organized in the fall of 1907 and closed in June 1970.