Plato | |
|---|---|
 Church and grain elevator in Plato | |
  Plato  Plato | |
| Coordinates: 51°06′00″N 108°16′13″W / 51.1000°N 108.2703°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Saskatchewan |
| Region | Southwest |
| Census division | 8 |
| Rural Municipality | Snipe Lake No. 259 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal |
| • Governing body | Rural Municipality of Snipe Lake |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways |  Highway 44  Highway 342 |
| Railways | Canadian 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.
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on January 15, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
- ^ "Plato". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
- ^ Barry, Bill (September 2005). Geographic Names of Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing, Ltd. p. 338. ISBN 1-897010-19-2.