Seven Persons 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

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 within Cypress County

Cypress County, Alberta

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. It is located approximately 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) southwest of Medicine Hat

Medicine Hat, Alberta

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 on Highway 3 and has an elevation of 755 metres (2,477 ft).

The hamlet is located in census division

Census division

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 No. 1

Division No. 1, Alberta

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 and in the federal riding

Alberta federal electoral districts

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 of Medicine Hat.

History

It was founded by Cyril Ogston

Cyril Ogston

Cyril Ogston was the founder of the hamlet of Seven Persons, Alberta.Ogston was a late-nineteenth-century Mormon who practised polygamy in line with his Church's teachings at the time. In 1862, the United States Congress made the practice illegal, and many Mormons fled to Canada in order to escape...

 in the 19th century. It was part of the great migration of Mormon

Mormon

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s leaving the United States

United States

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 in an attempt for religious freedom as the United States

United States

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 created laws that did not let them practice polygamy

Polygamy

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, a part of their religion

Religion

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 at the time.

Demographics

As of 2006, Seven Persons had a total population of 239 living in 86 dwellings. With a land area of 0.5 km² (0.193051079296268 sq mi), it has a population density

Population density

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 of 475.6 /km2.

Industry Canada shows that Seven Persons' greater rural area had a total population of 747 living in 246 dwellings in 2001. With a land area of 446 km² (172.2 sq mi), its greater rural area has a population density

Population density

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 of 1 /km2.

See also

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of hamlets in Alberta
• Red Rock Coulee
  Red Rock Coulee
  Red Rock Coulee is located in south-eastern Alberta, Canada. It is 60 kilometers south of the city of Medicine Hat on Highway 887, just outside the hamlet of Seven Persons. The main feature of this natural landscape is the huge red boulders; some measuring 2.5 meters across. They are scattered...