Granum Leavings (1904–1908) | |
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| Hamlet of Granum | |
  Granum Location of Granum inAlberta | |
| Coordinates:49°52′25″N113°30′27″W / 49.87361°N 113.50750°W /49.87361; -113.50750 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Southern Alberta |
| Census division | 3 |
| Municipal district | Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 |
| Incorporated[1] | |
| • Village | July 12, 1904 |
| • Name change | March 31, 1908 |
| • Town | November 7, 1910 |
| Dissolution[2] | February 1, 2020 |
| Area (2021)[3] | |
| • Land | 1.89 km2 (0.73 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 991 m (3,251 ft) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 557 |
| • Density | 295/km2 (760/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Highways | Highway 2 Highway 519 |
| Website | Official website |
Granum is ahamlet insouthern Alberta, Canada that is under the jurisdiction of theMunicipal District of Willow Creek No. 26.[6] It is located at the junction ofHighway 2 andHighway 519 west ofLethbridge. Incorporated as the Village ofLeavings in 1904, it changed its name to Granum in 1908 and heldtown status between late 1910 and early 2020.
The community originally incorporated as the Village of Leavings on July 12, 1904.[7] It was named The Leavings as it was the site on Willow Creek west of Pultney siding where the old Bull-team Freighters stopped for water and to unload freight.[8] Predating the railroads, it was where a trail left a river and travellers were reminded to bring water.[9] Leavings changed its name to Granum on March 31, 1908 and then incorporated as a town on November 7, 1910.[7] At a population of 447, Granum was Alberta's smallest town as of the2016 census.[10] It dissolved from town status to become a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 on February 1, 2020.[2]
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Granum is located on the edge of theprairie and thefoothills of theCanadian Rockies. Viewable from the community are the mountains ofWaterton-Glacier International Peace Park to the south, of theCrowsnest Pass to the west, and ofKananaskis Country to the northwest.
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Granum had a population of 557 living in 190 of its 204 total private dwellings, a change of37.2% from its 2016 population of 406. With a land area of 1.89 km2 (0.73 sq mi), it had a population density of294.7/km2 (763.3/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
As a designated place in the2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Granum had a population of 406 living in 199 of its 206 total private dwellings, a-9.2% change from its 2011 population of 447. With a land area of 1.91 km2 (0.74 sq mi), it had a population density of212.6/km2 (550.5/sq mi) in 2016.[10]
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