Hodgeville, Saskatchewan
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Hodgeville is a village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in southwestern Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
, Canada
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...
, located approximately 34 km south of the Trans Canada Highway, 97 km southeast of Swift Current. It has a population of approximately 175 (as of 2006). The town was incorporated in June, 1921.
Demographics
In 2006, Hodgeville had a population of 142 living in 85 dwellings, a -18.9% decrease from 2001. The village has a land area of 1.35 km² and a population density of 105.3/km².Notable people
It is not known to many, but the Flag of SaskatchewanFlag of Saskatchewan
The flag of Saskatchewan features the armorial bearings in the upper quarter nearest the staff, with the floral emblem, the western red lily, in the fly. The upper green half of the flag represents the northern Saskatchewan forest lands, while the gold lower half symbolizes the southern, prairie...
was originally created here, by a man named Anthony Drake a school teacher from Hodgeville.
External links
- Hodgeville Village Council
- Saskatchewan City & Town Maps
- Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project
- Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada
- Saskatchewan Gen Web Region
- Online Historical Map Digitization Project
- GeoNames Query
- 2006 Community Profiles