Neidpath, Saskatchewan

Neidpath, Saskatchewan
Hamlet

Abandoned grain elevators in Neidpath
Neidpath, Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 50°10′44″N 107°22′30″W / 50.179°N 107.375°W / 50.179; -107.375
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Region Southwest Saskatchewan
Census division 7
Rural Municipality Coulee
Post office founded August 1, 1909
Incorporated (Village) 1920s
Government
 • Administrator Ken Hollinger
 • Governing body Coulee No. 136
Population (2001)
 • Total 9
Time zone CST
Postal code S0N 1S0
Area code(s) 306
Highways Highway 363
Highway 720
Waterways Highfield Reservoir
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Neidpath, is a hamlet in Coulee Rural Municipality No. 136, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located on Highway 363 and Highway 720 about 25 km east of the city of Swift Current.

Demographics

In an era where homesteaders arrived in the early 1900s and communities were situated much closer together to accommodate a day's horse ride between neighbours, many of these communities have now disappeared firstly with the advent of rail, then auto and highway which makes transportation much easier, and larger centres further apart have arisen. This has caused many small rural communities throughout the Canadian Prairies to dwindle in size or to completely disappear, such as Neidpath which has declined to a population of just 9 residents.

History

Neidpath was named after Neidpath Castle, near Peebles, Scotland. The name was suggested by the first postmaster, John Mitchell,[1] whose family emigrated from Peebles.[5]:55

During its heyday Neidpath had four grain elevators, two of which still stand derelict today. At one time Neidpath even had its own telephone company, the Neidpath Rural Telephone Central Office,[5]:81 two Chinese hotels and restaurants as well as the King George Hotel along Central Avenue, a pool hall, hardware store, and a blacksmith shop.[5]:113

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Item: 20044". Post Offices and Postmasters. Library and Archives Canada. 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
  2. ↑ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
  3. ↑ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency
  4. ↑ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line
  5. 1 2 3 Parson, Edna Tyson (1981). Neidpath District, 1909-1919: Earliest Pioneers. Land I Can Own : a biography of Anthony Tyson and the pioneers who homesteaded with him at Neidpath, Saskatchewan. Our Roots – Canada's Local Histories Online. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
 Rush Lake Herbert Morse
Swift Current Shamrock
   Neidpath  
McMahon Aneroid Hodgeville

Coordinates: 50°10′44″N 107°22′30″W / 50.179°N 107.375°W / 50.179; -107.375

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