Plato, Saskatchewan

Plato
Unincorporated community
Church and grain elevator in Plato
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Coordinates: 51°06′00″N108°16′13″W / 51.1000°N 108.2703°W / 51.1000; -108.2703
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Southwest
Census division	8
Rural Municipality	Snipe Lake No. 259
Government
• Type	Municipal
• Governing body	Rural Municipality of Snipe Lake
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 44 Highway 342
Railways	Canadian Pacific Railway
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Plato is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of Snipe Lake No. 259, Saskatchewan, Canada. ^[5] The community was named after Plato, Minnesota, which had been the home town of Richard and Agnes Brust, early pioneers. ^[6]

The town is a few hundred yards off Saskatchewan Highway 44. While the highway is paved, the town itself contains only gravel roads, and several houses remain abandoned. The town retains a small post office.

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan

References

1. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
2. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
3. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on January 15, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
4. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
5. "Plato". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved November 17, 2010.
6. Barry, Bill (September 2005). Geographic Names of Saskatchewan . Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing, Ltd. p.  338. ISBN   1-897010-19-2.