Morrin | |
Official Name: | Village of Morrin |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | CAN AB Starland#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: | No. 5 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Starland County |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Chris Hall |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Morrin Village Council |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
Established Date1: | |
Established Title2: | • Village |
Established Date2: | April 16, 1920 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.67 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 205 |
Population Density Km2: | 305.2 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 51.6583°N -112.7664°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 832 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | 27, 9, 56 |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Blank1 Info: | West Michichi Creek, Red Deer River |
Morrin is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located 26 km north of the Town of Drumheller, along Highway 27 and the Railink Central Western railway.
The Morrin Bridge Provincial recreation area is located 10 km west of the village, in the Red Deer River valley, and Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park is located 40 km north.
Morrin was originally named "Blooming Prairie" but was renamed Morrin in honour of the engineer of the first train to the village.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Morrin had a population of 205 living in 113 of its 131 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 240. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Morrin recorded a population of 240 living in 110 of its 132 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 245. With a land area of 0.67km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]