Preeceville Explained

Official Name:Preeceville
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Saskatchewan#Canada
Pushpin Map Caption:Preeceville in Saskatchewan
Coordinates:51.958°N -102.6673°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Name3:9
Subdivision Type4:Rural Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Preeceville
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Ralph Ager
Leader Title1:Administrator
Leader Name1:Lorelei Karcha
Leader Title2:Governing body
Leader Name2:Preeceville Town Council
Established Title:Post office Founded
Established Date:1912-03-01
Established Title2:Incorporated (Village)
Established Date2:1912
Established Title3:Incorporated (Town)
Established Date3:1947
Area Total Km2:3.06
Population As Of:2016
Population Urban:1,125
Population Density Urban Km2:368.2
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CST
Utc Offset Dst:-6
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation Ft:1700
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0A 3B0
Area Code:306/639
Blank Name:Highways
Blank1 Name:Waterways
Blank1 Info:Assiniboine River
Website:Official Website
Footnotes:[3]

Preeceville is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. The town is west of Sturgis and north of Yorkton at the junction of Highway 49, Highway 47, Highway 9 and near Highway 755.

History

Settlement in the Preeceville region dates back to fur traders who came to the upper Assiniboine region after explorer David Thompson mapped the area in 1796. Later, ranchers followed the trails left by fur traders and Indigenous peoples, leading to the earliest settlement of the area.

Preeceville was officially established as a village in 1912, the same year the Canadian National Railway arrived, further driving settlement in the region.[4]

The town is named for the Preece family, who set up a homestead where the town now stands in 1905.[5]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Preeceville had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]

Transportation

The community is served by Preeceville Airport, which is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southeast.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Atlas of Canada Toporama . August 20, 2014 .
  2. Web site: Preeceville - NRC . Natural Resources Canada . 2014-08-20.
  3. Web site: Government of Saskatchewan . MRD Home . Municipal Directory System . 2013-12-01.
  4. Web site: History . 2024-09-11 . Town of Preeceville . en.
  5. Book: Preeceville Historical Society, Corporate . Lines of the Past . Courtesy of Local Histories Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary . 1982-01-01.
  6. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . February 9, 2022 . April 1, 2022.