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