Hill Spring | |
Official Name: | Village of Hill Spring |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Motto: | Prairie to Peak Perfection |
Pushpin Map: | Canada 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: | 3 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Cardston County |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Monte Christensen |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Hill Spring Village Council |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
Established Date1: | |
Established Title2: | • Village |
Established Date2: | January 1, 1961 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.96 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 168 |
Population Density Km2: | 174.8 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 49.2908°N -113.6239°W |
Elevation M: | 1175 |
Postal Code: | T0K 1E0 |
Area Code: | 403 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 800 |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Blank1 Info: | Waterton River, Waterton Reservoir |
Hill Spring is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located 32km (20miles) west of Cardston and 43km (27miles) southeast of Pincher Creek, in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies.
Hill Spring was founded in 1910 by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leader Edward J. Wood.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Hill Spring had a population of 168 living in 73 of its 92 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 162. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Hill Spring recorded a population of 162 living in 74 of its 92 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 186. With a land area of 0.96km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]
Nathan Eldon Tanner, who served in the Alberta Legislature and the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, lived and taught school in Hill Spring.