Naphtha | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | CAN AB Foothills # Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Naphtha in Foothills County |
Coordinates: | 50.6313°N -114.2316°W |
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. 6 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Foothills County |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title: | Reeve |
Leader Name: | Delilah Miller |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Foothills County Council |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Timezone1: | Mountain Time Zone |
Utc Offset1: | -7 |
Timezone1 Dst: | Mountain Time Zone |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -6 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Highways |
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Naphtha is a hamlet located in Foothills County, Alberta, Canada approximately 6.3km (03.9miles) south of the town of Diamond Valley and 10.7km (06.6miles) north of the village of Longview along Alberta Highway 22. The name comes from the liquid product Naphtha. Many of the houses in the original hamlet were bunkhouses built to house workers for the Home Oil Company, who drilled their first well in the area in 1929.[1]