Plato, Saskatchewan

Plato
Church and grain elevator in Plato
Church and grain elevator in Plato
Plato is located in Saskatchewan
Plato
Plato
Plato is located in Canada
Plato
Plato
Coordinates: 51°06′00″N 108°16′13″W / 51.1000°N 108.2703°W / 51.1000; -108.2703
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
RegionSouthwest
Census division8
Rural MunicipalitySnipe Lake No. 259
Government
 • TypeMunicipal
 • Governing bodyRural Municipality of Snipe Lake
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
Area code306
Highways Highway 44
Highway 342
RailwaysCanadian Pacific Railway
[1][2][3][4]

Plato is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of Snipe Lake No. 259, Saskatchewan, Canada.[5] The community was named after Plato, Minnesota, which had been the home town of Richard and Agnes Brust, early pioneers.[6]

The town is a few hundred yards off Saskatchewan Highway 44. While the highway is paved, the town itself contains only gravel roads, and several houses remain abandoned. The town retains a small post office.

  1. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
  2. ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
  3. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on January 15, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  4. ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
  5. ^ "Plato". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  6. ^ Barry, Bill (September 2005). Geographic Names of Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing, Ltd. p. 338. ISBN 1-897010-19-2.