Newcastle, Alberta

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.

Newcastle
Former hamlet
Location of Newcastle in Alberta
Coordinates: 51.464°N 112.736°W / 51.464; -112.736
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Census divisionNo. 5
MunicipalityTown of Drumheller
Incorporated (village)March 16, 1923[1]
DissolvedMay 21, 1931[2]
Annexed1967[3]
Government
 • MayorHeather Colberg
 • Governing body
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)

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

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 960 in 1966.[8]

See also

References
  1. Province of Alberta (1923-03-22). "Organization of Village Municipality – Village of Newcastle" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  2. Province of Alberta (1931-06-02). "Order in Council (O.C.) 575-31" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  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. September 22, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  5. "Town of Drumheller maps" (PDF) (PDF). Town of Drumheller. January 2006. p. 2. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
  6. Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1936. Volume I: Population and Agriculture. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1938. p. 835.
  7. Ninth Census of Canada, 1951. SP-7, Population: Unincorporated villages and hamlets. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. p. 56.
  8. Census of Canada, 1966. Special Bulletin S-3: Population, Unincorporated Places. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. August 1968. p. 185.
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