Cherhill
Hamlet
An entrance sign of Cherhill
An entrance sign of Cherhill
Cherhill, Alberta is located in Alberta
Cherhill, Alberta
Location of Cherhill in Alberta
Coordinates: 53°49′09″N 114°40′38″W / 53.8192°N 114.6772°W / 53.8192; -114.6772
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Census divisionNo. 13
Municipal districtLac Ste. Anne County
First post office1911
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
 • ReeveWilliam Hegy
 • Governing body
  • Ross Bohnet
  • Wayne Borle
  • Dwight Davidson
  • Lloyd Glebelhaus
  • William Hegy
  • Robert Kohn
  • Lorne Olsvik
Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total60
Time zoneUTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)

Cherhill is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Lac Ste. Anne County.[2] It is located along Highway 43, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of Mayerthorpe and 82 kilometres (51 mi) northwest of Edmonton.

The hamlet is located in census division No. 13.

The first syllable of the Cherhill's name is derived from the last syllable of the name of A. P. Stetcher, the postmaster when the post office opened in 1911,[3] with "hill" added to it.[4]

Demographics

As of a 2008 census conducted by Lac Ste. Anne County, the population of Cherhill was 60.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Alberta Population Summary: Alberta's Hamlets Alphabetically, 2010" (PDF). Alberta Population. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 11, 2021. 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. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 32.
  4. ^ Lac Ste. Anne Historical Society. Archives Committee (1959). West of the Fifth: a history of Lac Ste. Anne Municipality. Edmonton, Alberta: The Institute of Applied Arts Ltd. p. 141.

53°49′09″N 114°40′38″W / 53.81917°N 114.67722°W / 53.81917; -114.67722 (Cherhill)


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