Plato, Saskatchewan

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Plato
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Church and grain elevator in Plato
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Plato
Coordinates: 51°06′00″N108°16′13″W / 51.1000°N 108.2703°W / 51.1000; -108.2703
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan
Region Southwest
Census division 8
Rural Municipality Snipe Lake No. 259
Government
  Type Municipal
  Governing bodyRural Municipality of Snipe Lake
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
Area code 306
Highways Saskatchewan Highway 44 (jct).svg Highway 44
Saskatchewan Highway 342 (jct).svg 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.

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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.