Alhambra
Hamlet
Alhambra, Alberta is located in Alberta
Alhambra, Alberta
Location of Alhambra in Alberta
Coordinates: 52°20′35″N 114°40′21″W / 52.3431°N 114.6725°W / 52.3431; -114.6725
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Census divisionNo. 9
Municipal districtClearwater County
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
 • ReeveJohn Vandermeer
 • Governing body
  • Jim Duncan
  • Timothy Hoven
  • Theresa Laing
  • Cammie Laird
  • Daryl Lougheed
  • Michelle Swanson
  • John Vandermeer
Elevation
980 m (3,220 ft)
Population
 (1991)[1]
 • Total64
Time zoneUTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)

Alhambra is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Clearwater County.[2] It is located close to the David Thompson Highway, east of Rocky Mountain House.

The hamlet is located in census division No. 9. It was first settled in 1906 and the local post office had the name Horseguards. (Horseguards Creek is nearby.)[3]

It was re-named Alhambra when the railroad arrived in 1914.[4] The community takes its name from Alhambra, in Grenada, Spain, as an attempt to share some of that place's glory.[5]

Demographics

Alhambra recorded a population of 64 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "91 Census: Unincorporated Places — Population and Dwelling Counts" (PDF). Statistics Canada. June 1993. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. ^ Place Names of Alberta, Volume 3 (1989)
  4. ^ Rocky Mountain House Reunion Historical Society (1977). Days Before Yesterday : History of Rocky Mountain House district. Rocky Mountain House: Rocky Mountain House Reunion Historical Society. p. 104. ISBN 0-88925-003-0.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 11.

52°20′35″N 114°40′21″W / 52.34306°N 114.67250°W / 52.34306; -114.67250


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