Morse | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 50°24′50″N 107°01′55″W / 50.414°N 107.032°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Census division | 7 |
Rural Municipality | Morse |
Settled | 1902 |
Incorporated (village) | 1910 |
Incorporated (town) | 1912 |
Government | |
• Mayor | George Byklum |
• Town Manager | Tamara Knight |
• Governing body | Morse Town Council |
Area | |
• Total | 1.45 km2 (0.56 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 240 |
• Density | 165.7/km2 (429/sq mi) |
Time zone | CST |
Postal code | S0H 3C0 |
Area code | 306 |
Highways | Trans Canada Highway |
Website | Official website |
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Morse is a town in southern Saskatchewan, Canada.[5] It is situated on the Trans Canada Highway near the north shore of Reed Lake. The town is named after American scholar and inventor Samuel Morse, best known for the invention of the telegraph based on the European telegraph system. Although he was an American, he left a large enough impression that the town was named after him.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Morse had a population of 216 living in 116 of its 152 total private dwellings, a change of -10.7% from its 2016 population of 242. With a land area of 1.54 km2 (0.59 sq mi), it had a population density of 140.3/km2 (363.3/sq mi) in 2021.[6]