Markerville | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Markerville |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 8 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Red Deer County |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Red Deer County Council |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.17 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 38 |
Population Density Km2: | 219.8 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
Coordinates: | 52.1236°N -114.1706°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 403, 587, 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Markerville is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Red Deer County. It is located north of Highway 54, approximately southwest of Red Deer.
Markerville was the home for many years of Stephan G. Stephansson, famous in modern Icelandic literature,[1] whose home is preserved as an Alberta Provincial Historic Site.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Markerville had a population of 38 living in 17 of its 18 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 45. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Markerville had a population of 45 living in 19 of its 22 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 42. With a land area of 0.19km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]