Newcastle, Alberta

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Newcastle
Former hamlet
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Location of Newcastle in Alberta
Coordinates: 51°27′50″N112°44′10″W / 51.464°N 112.736°W / 51.464; -112.736 Coordinates: 51°27′50″N112°44′10″W / 51.464°N 112.736°W / 51.464; -112.736
CountryCanada
Province Alberta
Census division No. 5
Municipality Town of Drumheller
Incorporated (village)March 16, 1923 [1]
DissolvedMay 21, 1931 [2]
Annexed1967 [3]
Government
[4]
 • MayorHeather Colberg
 • Governing body
Drumheller Town Council
  • Lisa Hansen-Zacharuk
  • Patrick Kolafa
  • Tony Lacher
  • Stephanie Price
  • Crystal Sereda
  • Tom Zariski
Time zone UTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−6 (MDT)
Area code(s) 403, 587, 825

Newcastle is a community within the Town of Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. It held village status for eight years between 1923 and 1931, [1] [2] and was recognized as a hamlet prior to annexation by Drumheller in 1967. [3] The community is located within the Red Deer River valley on South Dinosaur Trail (Highway 838), [5] approximately 2 km (1.2 mi) west of Drumheller's main townsite. The former hamlet of Midlandvale is located across the river to the north.

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History

Newcastle was incorporated as a village on March 16, 1923. [1] It subsequently dissolved from village status on May 21, 1931. [2] Newcastle was eventually annexed by the former City of Drumheller from the former Municipal District of Badlands No. 7 (then Improvement District No. 7) in 1967. [3]

Demographics

Population history of
Newcastle (1926-1961)
YearPop.±%
1926281—    
1931304+8.2%
19361,278+320.4%
19411,000−21.8%
19511,317+31.7%
19561,132−14.0%
1961949−16.2%
Source: Statistics Canada [6] [7] [8] [9]
Population history of
Newcastle (1961-1966
including Bankview)
YearPop.±%
19611,276—    
1966960−24.8%
Source: Statistics Canada [10]

Over the course of its incorporation, Newcastle had a population of 281 and 304 in 1926 and 1931 respectively. [6] Despite its dissolution in 1931, the former village grew to a population of 1,278 in 1936 [6] and peaked at a population of 1,317 in 1951. [7] It then declined to a population of 949 in 1961. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Province of Alberta (1923-03-22). "Organization of Village Municipality – Village of Newcastle" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  2. 1 2 3 Province of Alberta (1931-06-02). "Order in Council (O.C.) 575-31" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  3. 1 2 3 "Town of Drumheller Municipal Development Plan: Volume 1 Background Study" (PDF). Town of Drumheller and Palliser Regional Municipal Services. April 21, 2008. p. 7. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Town of Drumheller maps" (PDF) (PDF). Town of Drumheller. January 2006. p. 2. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1936. Vol. I: Population and Agriculture. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1938. p. 835.
  7. 1 2 Ninth Census of Canada, 1951 (PDF). Vol. SP-7 (Population: Unincorporated villages and hamlets). Dominion Bureau of Statistics. March 31, 1954. pp. 55–57. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  8. ↑ Census of Canada, 1956 (PDF). Vol. Population of unincorporated villages and settlements. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. October 25, 1957. pp. 56–59. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Population of unincorporated places of 50 persons and over, Alberta, 1961 and 1956". 1961 Census of Canada: Population (PDF). Series SP: Unincorporated Villages. Vol. Bulletin SP—4. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. April 18, 1963. pp. 63–67. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Population of unincorporated places of 50 persons and over, 1966 and 1961 (Alberta)". Census of Canada 1966: Population (PDF). Special Bulletin: Unincorporated Places. Vol. Bulletin S–3. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. August 1968. pp. 184–187. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
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