- Neilburg, Saskatchewan
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Village of Neilburg — Village — Country Canada Province Saskatchewan Region Saskatchewan Census division 13 Rural Municipality Hillsdale No. 440 School Division Northwest School Division No. 203 Post office Founded N/A Incorporated (Hamlet) 1923 [1] Incorporated (Village) 1946 [1] Government – Mayor Ernie Ducherer – Deputy Mayor Aaron Gibbons – Governing body Neilburg Village Council Elevation 677 m (2,222 ft) Time zone MST (UTC−7) – Summer (DST) MDT (UTC−6) Postal code S0M 2C0 Area code(s) 306 Highways Hwy 40
Waterways Website www.neilburg.ca [2][3][4][5] Neilburg is small village located in mid-west Saskatchewan. The local population is approximately 500 people. A grade K–12 school is located in the town that services the Neilburg area as well as grade 7–12 students from Marsden. In 1999 crop circles were discovered in a field near the town.[6]
Neilburg was named after an early settler, Clifford O’Neil. The first post office was in his home and was located about one mile southeast of where the village is today. Neilburg was established as a hamlet in 1923 and by 1946, it had grown big enough to be incorporated as the Village of Neilburg. The current population is 394.[7]
Footnotes
- ^ a b Village of Neilburg, 13 June 2010
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home (– Scholar search), Municipal Directory System, http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html[dead link]
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=7601.cfm
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, http://www.elections.ca/home.asp
- ^ Arndt, Judy. "Crop Circles - Neilburg, Saskatchewan, Canada - Sept. 1999". Treasure House Imports:. http://www.cropcirclequest.com/neilburg99/neilburg.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
- ^ Village of Neilburg, 1 July 2010
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