Maidstone | |
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  Maidstone Location of Maidstone in Saskatchewan  Maidstone Maidstone (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 53°05′31″N 109°17′38″W / 53.092°N 109.294°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Census division | 17 |
| Rural Municipality | Eldon |
| Post office Founded | 1905 (as Sayers) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Brennan Becotte |
| • Town Administrator | Joshua Langill |
| • Governing body | Maidstone Town Council |
| • MLA Cut Knife-Turtleford | Ryan Domotor |
| • MP Battlefords-Lloydminster | Rosemarie Falk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.39 km2 (1.69 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 1,209 |
| • Density | 275.1/km2 (713/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Postal code | S0M 1M0 |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways |   Highway 16 / Highway 21 |
| Website | Official Website |
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Maidstone is a town in west central Saskatchewan, Canada about 57 km (35 miles) east of Lloydminster and 84 km (52 miles) west of North Battleford at the junction of Highway 16 and Highway 21. The community was named after Maidstone, Kent, England.
It is mentioned in Joni Mitchell's "Song For Sharon" from her Hejira album and is one of the places in western Canada in which she lived as a young child. The song's seventh verse begins: "When we were kids in Maidstone, Sharon/I went to every wedding in that little town/To see the tears and the kisses/And the pretty lady in the white lace wedding gown..."[3]
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "Joni Mitchell - Song For Sharon - lyrics". jonimitchell.com. Retrieved 24 May 2020.