Cherhill, Alberta

Hamlet in Alberta, Canada

53°49′09″N 114°40′38″W / 53.8192°N 114.6772°W / 53.8192; -114.6772CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaCensus divisionNo. 13Municipal district Lac Ste. Anne CountyFirst post office1911Government

• TypeUnincorporated • ReeveWilliam Hegy • Governing body

Lac Ste. Anne County Council

Ross Bohnet
Wayne Borle
Dwight Davidson
Lloyd Glebelhaus
William Hegy
Robert Kohn
Lorne Olsvik

Population

(2008)^[1]

• Total60Time 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]

References

^ ^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.
^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 32.
^ 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.