Truax, Saskatchewan Explained

Official Name:Truax
Other Name:Schuett and Schuettville
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Saskatchewan#Canada
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Type4:Rural Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Elmsthorpe No. 100
Leader Title2:Governing body
Leader Title3:MLA
Leader Title4:MP
Established Title:Post office Founded
Established Date:1907-07-01
Established Title2:Incorporated (village)
Established Date2:September 9, 1912
Established Title3:Dissolved
Established Date3:December 30, 1970
Population Blank1:12
Timezone:CST
Coordinates:49.9°N -161°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0H 4A0
Area Code:306
Blank Name:Highways
Website:https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/groups/14067285423?ap=1
Footnotes:[1]

Truax is an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Elmsthorpe No. 100, Saskatchewan, Canada. It held village status prior to December 30, 1970.[2] Truax is located 80km (50miles) southwest of Regina and approximately 75km (47miles) southeast of Moose Jaw.

History

Truax was incorporated as a village on September 9, 1912. Originally named Schuett in honour of an early homesteading family, it was re-named Truax in celebration of Reuben Eldridge Truax, an Ontario businessman and politician.[3]

Truax's first overseer (mayor) was F.A. Bennett and the first secretary-treasurer was Joseph Duck.

Until the early 1920s, the municipal office, village office, Bank of Hamilton, and fire hall were housed in one building. This building burned in February 1923, causing the loss of most of the early records of Truax.

Truax is situated almost equidistant between Radville and Moose Jaw on the Canadian National Railway line that was closed by CN in the late 1980s. Southern Rails Cooperative, a farmer-owned cooperative, took over operation of the line, and it still operates today, with farmers loading their grain directly into rail cars, bypassing the grain companies, and shipping directly to port. The rail line terminates at the Truax grain elevator, built in 1964 and now given Saskatchewan Heritage status.

At its peak, Truax had a lumberyard, a gas station, a hardware store, a school, an indoor rink and a curling rink, and two churches (Anglican and Roman Catholic). The gas station and convenience store closed in the mid 1980s. St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church is no longer open, but when it was mass was held every Saturday night at 7:00 in the winter, and 7:30 in the summer. St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church was decommissioned as an official Roman Catholic Church on Sunday, June 25, 2012.

Truax was reverted to hamlet status on December 31, 1970, and came under the jurisdiction of the Rural Municipality of Elmsthorpe No. 100 in 2002.

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49.9°N -161°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Archives . Archivia Net . Post Offices and Postmasters . 2014-08-21.
  2. Web site: Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Restructured Villages. 2008-02-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20080325234155/http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/div/munadvisory/munchanges/restructvillages.html. March 25, 2008.
  3. Web site: 2015 . SAFA 402: A Guide to the Records of the Village of Truax fonds (F 110) . 2022-03-12 . The Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan.