Cardston County is a municipal district in southern Alberta

Southern Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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. It is located in Census Division 3

Division No. 3, Alberta

Division No. 3 is a census division in Alberta, Canada. It is located in the southwest corner of southern Alberta and its largest urban community is the Town of Claresholm.- Census subdivisions :...

 around the Town of Cardston

Cardston, Alberta

-Demographics:The population of the Town of Cardston according to its 2007 municipal census is 3,578.In 2006, it had a population of 3,452 living in 1,234 dwellings, a 0.7% decrease from 2001...

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The municipal district was established on January 1, 1954, through the amalgamation of the Municipal District of Sugar City No. 5 and part of the Municipal District of Cochrane No. 6. On January 1, 2000, the name was changed from Municipal District of Cardston No. 6 to Cardston County

Demographics

The population of Cardston County according to its 2008 municipal census is 4,266.

In 2006, Cardston County had a population of 4037 living in 1,102 dwellings

House

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, a 6.7% decrease from 2001. The municipal district has a land area of 3414.87 km² (1,318.5 sq mi) and a population density

Population density

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 of 1.2 /km2.

In 2001, the county had a population of 4325 in 1118 dwellings, a 5.3% decrease from 1996. On a surface of 3416.24 km² it has a density of 1.3 inhabitants/km². The largest ancestries were English (52.3%), German (33.0%), Scottish (27.3%), Danish (8.7%), Irish (7.4%).

Hamlets

• Aetna
  Aetna, Alberta
  Aetna is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County, located east of Highway 2, approximately southwest of Lethbridge.- References :...
  
  
• Beazer
  Beazer, Alberta
  Beazer is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County, located south of Highway 5, approximately southwest of Lethbridge.- References :...
  
  
• Carway
  Carway, Alberta
  Carway is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County. It is an entry point into Montana at Port of Peigan. Just on the other side of the border is the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Glacier County, Montana....
  
  
• Del Bonita
  Del Bonita, Alberta
  Del Bonita is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County. It is located at the junction of Highway 62 and Highway 501, north of the United States border and approximately south of Magrath....
  
  
• Kimball
• Leavitt
  Leavitt, Alberta
  Leavitt is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County, located approximately west of Cardston on Highway 5. It falls within the Canadian federal electoral district of Lethbridge.- History :...
  
  
• Mountain View
  Mountain View, Alberta
  Mountain View is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Cardston County. It is located along Highway 5 approximately west of Cardston and east of Waterton Lakes National Park near the United States border....
  
  
• Spring Coulee
  Spring Coulee, Alberta
  Spring Coulee is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County, located east of Highway 5, approximately southwest of Lethbridge.-History:...
  
  
• Welling
  Welling, Alberta
  Welling is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County. It is located north of the junction of Highway 5 and Highway 52, approximately south of the City of Lethbridge.- History :...
  
  
• Welling Station
  Welling Station, Alberta
  Welling Station is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County.Welling Station is located on the southeast side of Highway 5 approximately south of Highway 5's intersection with Highway 52. The hamlet is approximately south of Welling, south of Lethbridge, west of Raymond and ...
  
  
• Woolford

Other communities

• Jefferson
• Raley
  Raley, Alberta
  Raley, Alberta is an unincorporated community in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada. The population of Raley was 5 in 1966. The community is located about 4 km north of Highway 3, and about 15 km east of the Town of Cardston. Raley is named after C. Raley, of Lethbridge.-Alberta Pacific...
  
  
• Taylorville (ghost town)
• Whiskey Gap (ghost town)

External links

• Cardston County