Semans, Saskatchewan

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subdivision_name2 = Saskatchewan
subdivision_type3 = Census division
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subdivision_type4 = Rural Municipality
subdivision_name4 = Mount Hope
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leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Ray Lamontagne
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leader_name1 = Charmayne Szatkowski
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leader_name2 = Semans Village Council
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established_title = Post office Founded
established_date = 1904
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established_date2 = December 14, 1908
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postal_code = S0A 3S0
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website = [http://www.semans-sask.com Official Website Semans, Saskatchewan]
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Semans is a small agricultural village in Saskatchewan, Canada. Located 125 km north of Regina and 195 km south east of Saskatoon,

History

Semans will celebrate 100 years as a village with a centennial anniversary homecoming in July 2008.

Settlers first homesteaded in the Semans area as early as 1904. Semans, named for the wife of a railroad official, was one in the alphabetical sequence of towns on the Grand Trunk Railway line between Winnipeg, Manitoba and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. A picture of the first station shows the spelling as "Semons". The first sports day was held on July 1, 1908. The railroad station and first grain elevator were built by the fall of 1908. In a little more than a year, local businesses could supply almost all necessary commodities and the population was 48 people. The first open air rink was in use by 1907.

On October 28, 1908, the Semans Board of Trade sent correspondence regarding the organization of Semans under the Village Act of 1908. A petition was sent on November 4, 1908, signed by the businesses. Semans was established December 14, 1908.

Demographics

Semans has a population of 267 (according to Canada 2001 Census), with an estimated rural population of 750.

Canada_CP_2001|pop=267|popDelta=- 15.2
landArea=1.18|popDensity=8.8|medianAge=50.9|medianAgeM=48.4|medianAgeF=53.8
privateDwell=156|medianHHIncome=48,428

See also

* List of communities in Saskatchewan
* Villages of Saskatchewan

External links

* [http://www.semans-sask.com Official Website]
* [http://www.semans-sask.com/centennial.html Semans Centennial Celebrations]
* [http://www.parkland.lib.sk.ca/branches/semans.htm Semans Branch of the Parkland Regional Library]
* [http://www.saskmuseums.org/museums/museum_search.php?id=181 Semans & District Museum]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=semans,+sk&ie=UTF8&z=4&ll=51.399206,-104.765625&spn=32.376242,98.613281&om=1&iwloc=addr Google Maps]
* [http://www.alittlehistory.com/V-Semans.jpgA postcard of Semans around 1907]

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