Beazer, Alberta

Beazer
Beazer is located in Alberta
Beazer
Beazer
Location of Beazer
Beazer is located in Canada
Beazer
Beazer
Beazer (Canada)
Coordinates: 49°06′54″N 113°29′01″W / 49.11500°N 113.48361°W / 49.11500; -113.48361
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
RegionSouthern Alberta
Census division3
Municipal districtCardston County
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
 • Governing bodyCardston County Council
Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total11
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area codes403, 587, 825

Beazer is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County,[2] located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Highway 5, approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) southwest of Lethbridge. It is named in 1900 after Mark Beazer who organized the first congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) there.[3][4]

  1. ^ "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. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  3. ^ Shaw, Keith (1978). Chief mountain country : a history of Cardston and district. Volume I. Cardston: Cardston and District Historical Society. p. 56. ISBN 0-919213-89-8. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  4. ^ The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Volumes 9-10. 1918. p. 12.