Huxley | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Huxley |
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: | 5 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Kneehill County |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Kneehill County Council |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.33 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 75 |
Population Density Km2: | 230.1 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
Coordinates: | 51.921°N -113.233°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 403, 587, 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Huxley is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Kneehill County. It is located approximately 160km (100miles) northeast of Calgary. The first school was built in 1907 and named Ashcroft for John Courtland Ash, the first rancher in the area, predating the surveying of the area into homesteads.[1]
The community has the name of Thomas Henry Huxley, an English biologist.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Huxley had a population of 75 living in 38 of its 39 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 75. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Huxley had a population of 75 living in 33 of its 36 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 85. With a land area of 0.32km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]