Burdett is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 in Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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 within the County of Forty Mile No. 8

Forty Mile County No. 8, Alberta

The County of Forty Mile No. 8 is a municipal district in south eastern Alberta, Canada.It is located in Census Division 1, east of Medicine Hat. The municipal seat is in Foremost.-Demographics:...

. It is located approximately 71 kilometres (44.1 mi) west of Medicine Hat

Medicine Hat, Alberta

Medicine Hat, known to locals as "The Hat", is a city of 61,097 people located in the southeastern part of the province of Alberta, Canada. It is enclaved within Cypress County along with the nearby Town of Redcliff, although neither is part of the county....

 and 97 kilometres (60.3 mi) east of Lethbridge on Highway 3.

History

Previously incorporated as a village

Village

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 on June 30, 1913, Burdett dissolved to hamlet status on January 1, 2003.

Demographics

In 2001, Burdett had a population of 264 living in 99 dwellings

House

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, a - 7.7% decrease from 1996. With a land area of 2.08 km² (0.803092489872473 sq mi), Burdett has a population density

Population density

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 of 127 /km2.

Notable people

• Harry Edwin Strom
  Harry Strom
  Harry Edwin Strom was the ninth Premier of Alberta, Canada, from 1968 to 1971. His two and a half years as Premier were the last of the thirty-six year Social Credit dynasty, as his defeat by Peter Lougheed saw its replacement by a new era Progressive Conservative government...
  
   (July 7, 1914–October 2, 1984) was a Canadian
  Canada
  Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
  
   politician of Swedish descent, who served as Premier of Alberta
  Premier of Alberta
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  between 1968 and 1971, and was born in Burdett.