Hepburn | |
Official Name: | Town of Hepburn |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Saskatchewan |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Hepburn in Saskatchewan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 180 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
Subdivision Name2: | 15 |
Subdivision Type3: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Laird No. 404 |
Leader Title: | MLA |
Leader Name: | Randy Weekes |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Deidra Prosofsky |
Established Title: | Post office established |
Established Date: | 1901 |
Established Title1: | Village[1] |
Established Date1: | July 5, 1919 |
Established Title2: | Town |
Established Date2: | October 24, 2012 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.02 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 562 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 52.5256°N -106.7306°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0K 1Z0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 12 Highway 375 |
Hepburn is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately 45 kilometres north of Saskatoon.
Hepburn was settled in the early 20th century as a railroad station. Connection made the community grow overnight and many people moved to the area. Before the 1930s the population of Hepburn had reached over 800 people. In the 1930s, the area was affected by both the Great Depression and a huge drought affecting most of Western Canada. Many of Hepburn's residents and farmers left the area. By the end of the decade, the population was less than 300.
In the 1940s, the community sent over 60 men to serve in World War II. After the war, Hepburn started to grow, and new homes were built. In 1989, the province shut down the railroad line, stranding three grain elevators. Like most Saskatchewan grain elevators, two were torn down but one remained, being converted into a museum about the history of Hepburn and of Saskatchewan.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hepburn had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.14km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
Hepburn was home to a small Bible college called Bethany College which had a population of around 73 students before closing in May 2015. Hepburn is also home to Hepburn School (elementary and high school) which in 2001 celebrated its 75th anniversary. It is believed to be the oldest school in Saskatchewan continuously operating in its original building.