County of Warner No. 5 explained

Warner No. 5
Official Name:County of Warner No. 5
Settlement Type:Municipal district
Seal Type:Logo
Image Map1:AB locator COUNTY OF WARNER NO 5.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:Southern Alberta
Subdivision Type3:Planning region
Subdivision Name3:South Saskatchewan
Leader Title:Reeve
Leader Name:Randy Taylor
Leader Title1:Governing body
Leader Name1:County of Warner Council
Leader Title2:Administrative office
Leader Name2:Warner
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1912
Established Title2:Incorporated
Established Date2:1950
Area Footnotes: (2021)
Area Land Km2:4462.2
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:4290
Population Density Km2:1
Timezone:MST
Utc Offset:−7
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:−6

The County of Warner No. 5 is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 2 just north of the United States border, its municipal office is located in the Village of Warner.

History

Geography

The County of Warner No. 5 comprises approximately 50 townships and is bordered on the south by the Canada-United States border. It is composed of the former Municipal District of Warner No. 36 and a portion of the former Municipal District of Sugar City No. 37.

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the County of Warner No. 5.

Cities
Towns
Villages
Summer villages

The following hamlets are located within the County of Warner No. 5.

Hamlets

The following localities are located within the County of Warner No. 5.[1]

Localities
Other places

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Warner No. 5 had a population of 4,290 living in 907 of its 1,032 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,942. 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 County of Warner No. 5 had a population of 3,847 living in 816 of its 941 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 3,841. With a land area of 4531.55km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]

Attractions

See also: List of attractions and landmarks in Stirling.

Events

Education

Westwind School Division No. 74 and Horizon School Division No. 67 provide education within the boundaries of the County of Warner No. 5.

Early school districts

Listed below are the former school districts that once provided education within the County of Warner No. 5.[6]

Name & SD No. Image Date Established Date Closed/
Disbanded
Notes
Galt/Stirling No. 647 29 – 6 – 19 – W4 19 November 1901 Originally named Galt, the name was changed to Stirling in 1957.[7]
Raymond No. 700 8 – 6 – 20 – W4 1 May 1902[8]
Mammoth No. 1379 24 – 5 – 20 – W4 9 August 1905[9]
Warner No. 1675 10 – 4 – 17 – W4 31 July 1907[10]
Tyrells Lake No. 2007 20-5-17-W4 8 July 1909 1939 Demolished 1940s[11]
Milk River Valley/Masinasin No. 2024 15 – 2 – 13 – W4 24 August 1909 Originally named Milk River Valley, the name was changed to Masinasin in 1941.[12]
Milk River No. 2056 15 – 2 – 13 – W4 8 October 1909
Grain No. 2597 15-1-11-W4 25 November 1911[13]
West Butte/St. Kilda No. 2747 11-1-12-W4 25 May 1912 Originally named West Butte, the name was changed to St. Kilda in 1920.[14]
Indian Rock No. 2540 18-1-12 -W4 moved? to 11 – 1 – 12 – W4 25 August 1911[15]
Locke No. 2730 31-1-13 -W4 Moved? to 28 – 2 – 13 – W4 10 May 1912[16]
Clarinda No. 2459 8-1-13 -W4 10 June 1911[17]
Verburg No. 2439 33-1-14 -W4 10 May 1911[18]
Sexton Creek No. 2510 9-1-14 -W4 moved? to 33 – 1 – 14 – W4 24 July 1911[19]
Lind No. 2170 34-1-16 -W4 25 April 1910[20]
John Joes No. 2198 24-1-17-W4 26 May 1910 Also spelled John Jo[21]
Two Fifteen No. 2153 20-2-15-W4 26 March 1910 March 26 Moved to Milk River for a class room when the district was joined with Milk River Consolidated District 12, December 1945[22]
Sleepy Hollow No. 2634 24-2-15-W4 25 January 1912[23]
Lucky Strike No. 2589 17-3-11-W4 9 November 1911[24]
Prairie Round No. 2152 21-3-12-W4 26 March 1910 March 26[25]
Patience No. 2156 23-6-17-W4 26 March 1910[26]
Maybutt 32-6-19-W4 1910 1924 Classes were first held at the Presbyterian Church, a vacant Chinese restaurant and later the Prairie Queen Hotel at the corner of First Avenue and Front Street, Maybutt. Plans to build a school house never got past the planning stages and children from Maybutt were bused to the neighbouring town of Stirling in 1924.[27]
Kippen No. 2080 34-2-12-W4 9 December 1909 1933 Kippenville Consolidated 7 created in 1915 by Kippen & Green Villa disorganized in 1933[28]
Bankview No. 3042 16-1-17-W4 1913 1953
Craddock/Bluesky No. 3456 33 – 81 – 2 – W6 15 February 1917 Originally named Craddock, the name was changed to Bluesky in 1947.[29]
Coutts No. 3560 4 – 1 – 15 – W4 30 October 1917[30]
North Wrentham No. 3618 7 – 16 – W4 18 February 1918[31]
Wrentham No. 3617 36 – 6 – 17 – W4 18 February 1918[32]
Conrad No. 4077 11 – 61 – 12 – W4 3 November 1921[33]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4802001 – Warner County No. 5, geographical codes and localities, 2006 . . 2010-03-05 . 2012-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130525210911/http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/ersl-rerl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4802001 . 2013-05-25 . dead .
  2. Geo-Administrative Areas (Hamlet, Locality and Townsite Culture Points) . October 26, 2020 . 2020 . AltaLIS . Geodatabase layer . October 2, 2021.
  3. Web site: Two-Fifteen – Our Roots: Local Histories Online – Milk River Country . May 25, 2011 . November 3, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103170324/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=3525809 . dead .
  4. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities) . . February 9, 2022 . February 9, 2022.
  5. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) . . February 8, 2017 . February 8, 2017.
  6. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canwarne/school_ed.html Early School Districts – Warner County No. 5, Alberta
  7. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Galt/Stirling S.D. 647
  8. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Raymond S.D. 700
  9. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Mommoth S.D. 1379
  10. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Warner S.D. 1675
  11. Web site: Pioneering with a piece of chalk : the one-room country schools of Alberta, 1885–1982 – Tyrells Lake SD No. 2007 . February 16, 2011 . November 2, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102181019/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=4314022 . dead .
  12. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Milk River Valley/Masinasin S.D. 2024
  13. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Grain S.D. 2597
  14. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx West Butte/St. Kilda S.D. 2747
  15. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Indian Rock S.D. 2540
  16. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Locke S.D. 2730
  17. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Clarinda S.D. 2730
  18. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Verburg S.D. 2439
  19. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Sexton Creek S.D. 2510
  20. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Lind S.D. 2170
  21. Our Roots
  22. Web site: Pioneering with a piece of chalk : the one-room country schools of Alberta, 1885–1982 – Two Fifteen SD No. 2153 . February 16, 2011 . November 2, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102181019/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=4314022 . dead .
  23. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Sleepy Hollow S.D. 2634
  24. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Lucky Strike S.D. 2589
  25. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Prairie Round S.D. 2152
  26. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Patience S.D. 2156
  27. http://www.ourroots.ca/toc.aspx?id=13204&qryID=bf5b007e-2ad0-4748-970f-f9b58a7d1096 Stirling Its Story and People – Maybutt School – pp. 191–192
  28. Web site: Pioneering with a piece of chalk : the one-room country schools of Alberta, 1885–1982 – Kippen SD No. 2080 . February 16, 2011 . November 2, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102181019/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=4314022 . dead .
  29. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Craddock/Bluesky S.D. 3456
  30. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Coutts S.D. 3560
  31. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx North Wrentham S.D. 3618
  32. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Wrentham S.D. 3617
  33. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Conrad No. 4077