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  Dunmore Location of Dunmore in Alberta Show map of Cypress County Dunmore Dunmore (Alberta) Show map of Alberta | |
| Coordinates:49°58′05″N110°35′13″W / 49.968°N 110.587°W /49.968; -110.587 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Southern Alberta |
| Municipal district | Cypress County |
| Named after | Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated |
| • Body | Cypress County Council |
| Area (2021)[1] | |
| • Land | 5.6 km2 (2.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 1,088 |
| • Density | 194.3/km2 (503/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| Postal code FSA | |
| Highways |   Highway 1 /Highway 41 |
Dunmore is ahamlet inAlberta, Canada, withinCypress County,[2] 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) southeast ofMedicine Hat's city limits onHighway 1 and theCanadian Pacific Railway mainline. A portion of the hamlet is recognized as adesignated place byStatistics Canada.[3]
Dunmore is the administrative centre of Cypress County andPrairie Rose School Division No. 8.
The hamlet was named by theCPR after one of itsbenefactors:Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore.[4]
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Dunmore had a population of 1,088 living in 374 of its 382 total private dwellings, a change of-1.1% from its 2016 population of 1,100. With a land area of 5.6 km2 (2.2 sq mi), it had a population density of194.3/km2 (503.2/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
Cypress County indicates that the population of the Hamlet of Dunmore was 1,097 in the 2016 Census, a change of7% from its 2011 population of 1,025.[5]
In the southeastern corner of the community isEagle Butte High School, named after ageographic feature of theCypress Hills. Aone-room schoolhouse in the Cypress Hills was called "Eagle Butte School".[6]
Located in the hamlet is Dunmore Park – which has aplayground, outdoorhockey rink,baseball field, and a smallBMX track. Dunmore has agas station, a community hall, astorage unit business, abar and various other small businesses.
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