Thorhild, Alberta

Thorhild
Hamlet
Thorhild is located in Alberta
Thorhild
Thorhild
Location of Thorhild
Coordinates: 54°09′32″N 113°07′31″W / 54.15889°N 113.12528°W / 54.15889; -113.12528
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
RegionCentral Alberta
Census divisionNo. 13
Municipal districtThorhild County
Post office1914
Incorporated (village)[1]December 31, 1949
Dissolved (hamlet)[2]April 1, 2009
Government
 • Governing bodyThorhild County Council
 • CAORyan Maier
Area
 (2021)[3]
 • Land1.69 km2 (0.65 sq mi)
Elevation649 m (2,129 ft)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
391
 • Density231/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)
Highways18
827
WaterwaysKennedy Creek

Thorhild is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Thorhild County.[5] It is located at the intersection of Highway 18 and Highway 827, approximately 86 kilometres (53 mi) northeast of the City of Edmonton.

Thorhild was formerly a village until April 1, 2009, when it dissolved and became a hamlet within the County of Thorhild No. 7.[2] It originally incorporated as a village on December 31, 1949.[1] The Alberta and Great Waterways Railway paid $480 for the original townsite on July 16, 1914,[6] and a Royal Mail Canada post office was immediately placed in the community.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Formation of the Village of Thorhild" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 14, 1950. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Alberta Queen's Printer (March 18, 2009). "Order in Council (O.C.) 131/2009". Retrieved July 5, 2010.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Alberta Private Sewage Systems 2009 Standard of Practice Handbook: Appendix A.3 Alberta Design Data (A.3.A. Alberta Climate Design Data by Town)" (PDF) (PDF). Safety Codes Council. January 2012. pp. 212–215 (PDF pages 226–229). Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  5. ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  6. ^ Thorhild and District Historical Society (1985). Building and working together : a study of the Thorhild area. Vol. 1. p. 12.
  7. ^ Geographic Board of Canada (1928). Place-Names of Alberta. Ottawa: Department of the Interior. p. 125. Retrieved August 23, 2023.