Oxarat, Saskatchewan

Oxarat
—  Hamlet  —
Oxarat
Coordinates: 49°25′59″N 109°35′02″W / 49.433°N 109.584°W / 49.433; -109.584
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Southwest Saskatchewan
Census division	4
Rural Municipality	Reno
Established	N/A
Incorporated (Village)	N/A
Incorporated (Town)	Never
Government
– Administrator	Lacelle Kim
– Governing body	Reno No. 51
Population (2006)
– Total	0
Time zone	CST
Postal code	S0N 2G0
Area code(s)	306
Highways	TWP Rd. 60
Waterways	Cypress Lake Battle Creek Oxarat Creek
[1][2][3][4]

Oxarat was once a small hamlet in Reno Rural Municipality No. 51, Saskatchewan, Canada. The former townsite is located 15 km west of Highway 21, about 15 km north of the village of Consul and Highway 13.

Population

Oxarat, like so many other communities throughout Saskatchewan, has struggled to maintain a sturdy population causing it to become a semi ghost town, with few if any residents.

Education

Oxarat no longer has a school, but those who live in Oxarat and area are sent to the neighboring village of Consul which has a school that covers Kindergarten to Grade 12 serving approximately 100 students.

See also

• List of places with fewer than ten residents
• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• Villages of Saskatchewan
• Hamlets of Saskatchewan

References

1. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php 
2. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts&sectionID=7601.cfm 
4. ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, http://www.elections.ca/home.asp 

External links

• Horse Shoe Tourism Region
• Saskatchewan City & Town Maps
• Regional GenWeb site (Southwest Region)
• Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project
• Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada
• Saskatchewan Gen Web Region
• Online Historical Map Digitization Project
• GeoNames Query
• Saskatchewan Cemetery Records
• Sask Cemeteries by Community and RM RM No. 51 - RENO

Coordinates: 49°26′00″N 109°35′03″W / 49.4333333°N 109.58417°W / 49.4333333; -109.58417