Official Name: | Starland County |
Settlement Type: | Municipal district |
Image Map1: | AB locator STARLAND COUNTY.svg |
Mapsize1: | 200 |
Map Caption1: | Location within Alberta |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Red Deer |
Subdivision Type3: | Federal riding |
Subdivision Name3: | Battle River—Crowfoot |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Reeve |
Leader Name: | Steve Wannstrom |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Starland County Council |
Leader Title2: | Administrative office |
Leader Name2: | Morrin |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1943 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | 1912 |
Established Title3: | |
Established Date3: | 1998 (name change) |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 2540.85 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 1821 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.7 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Starland County is a municipal district located in southern Alberta, Canada.
The municipality was incorporated in 1912, and established in the current boundaries in 1943, under the name Municipal District of Morrin No. 277. The name was changed the same year to Municipal District of Starland No. 277. Its name was changed again to Starland County in 1998.
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Starland County.
The following hamlets are located within Starland County.
The following localities are located within Starland County.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Starland County had a population of 1,821 living in 588 of its 679 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,066. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Starland County had a population of 2,066 living in 611 of its 693 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 2,057. With a land area of 2559.95km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]
Starland County's 2013 municipal census counted a population of 2,071.[5]