Wymark, Saskatchewan Explained

Wymark
Settlement Type:Organized Hamlet
Pushpin Map:CAN SK Swift Current #Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Southwest Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type3:Rural Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Swift Current
Leader Title:Reeve
Leader Name:Jerry Knipfel
Leader Title1:Administrator
Leader Name1:Dave Dmytruk
Leader Title2:Governing body
Leader Name2:Swift Current No. 137
Established Title:Post Office Established
Established Date:January 1, 1913
Established Title2:Incorporated (Village)
Established Title3:Restructured (Hamlet)
Area Total Km2:0.30
Population As Of:2011
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:130
Population Density Km2:434.1
Population Blank1 Title:National Population Rank (Out of 5,008)
Timezone:CST
Coordinates:50.1097°N -107.7369°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0N 2Y0
Area Code:306
Blank Name:Highways
Blank Info:Highway 379
Footnotes:[2]

Wymark is a hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Swift Current No. 137, Saskatchewan, Canada. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 144 in the Canada 2006 Census.[3] The hamlet is located on Highway 379 about 2 km east of Highway 4, and 15 km south of Swift Current.

Etymology

Wymark was named after William Wymark Jacobs, an English writer best known for his 1902 story The Monkey's Paw.[4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wymark had a population of 148 living in 54 of its 57 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 138. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]

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50.1097°N -107.7369°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 Community Profiles . Statistics Canada . Government of Canada . 2014-08-21.
  2. Web site: National Archives . Archivia Net . Post Offices and Postmasters . 2014-08-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061006045957/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php . October 6, 2006 .
  3. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=1302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=47&CMA=0 Canada 2006 Census: Designated places in Saskatchewan
  4. Book: Barry. Bill. Geographic Names of Saskatchewan. registration. September 2005. People Places Publishing, Ltd.. Regina, Saskatchewan. 1-897010-19-2. 466.
  5. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places . . February 9, 2022 . Aug 31, 2022.