Gainsborough, Saskatchewan

Gainsborough
Village
Village of Gainsborough
2011 image from viewpoint of 1978 painting "40 Below Zero" by William G. Hobbs.
2011 image from viewpoint of 1978 painting "40 Below Zero" by William G. Hobbs.
Motto: 
First incorporated village in Saskatchewan
Gainsborough is located in Saskatchewan
Gainsborough
Gainsborough
Gainsborough is located in Canada
Gainsborough
Gainsborough
Coordinates: 49°10′34″N 101°27′30″W / 49.17611°N 101.45833°W / 49.17611; -101.45833
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
RegionSoutheast
Census division1
Rural MunicipalityArgyle No. 1
Post office Founded1884-04-01
Incorporated (Village)1882 (1st. incorporated village in Saskatchewan)
Government
 • TypeMunicipal
 • Governing bodyGainsborough Village Council
 • MayorVictor Huish
 • AdministratorErin McMillen
 • MPRobert Kitchen
 • MLADan D'Autremont
Area
 • Total
1.95 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
286
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
Postal code
S0C 0Z0
Area code306
Highways Highway 18
RailwaysCanadian Pacific Railway

Gainsborough (2016 population: 254) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Argyle No. 1 and Census Division No. 1. A farming community, the village is located on Highway 18 in the southeastern corner of Saskatchewan. Gainsborough is approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) from the Manitoba border, and 19 km (12 mi) from the North Dakota, United States border. The first post office was established on April 1, 1884[1] as the community of Antler. On September 1, 1885, the name of the community changed to Gainsborough,[2] after Gainsborough, Lincolnshire in England, which was the former home of J. J. Sadler, an early settler.[3]

Town cenotaph with Anglican Christ Church in the background
  1. ^ "Item: 7347". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "Post Offices and Postmasters database". Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on November 19, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  3. ^ Geographic Board of Canada (1933). Place-names of Manitoba. Ottawa: J. O. Patenaude, acting King's printer. p. 37. hdl:2027/mdp.39015027929515. Retrieved October 11, 2017.