Hartney | |
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Unincorporated Urban Community | |
 Hartney's Grain Elevator | |
  Hartney Location of Hartney inManitoba | |
| Coordinates:49°28′51″N100°31′21″W / 49.48083°N 100.52250°W /49.48083; -100.52250 | |
| Rural Municipality | Grassland |
| Established | 1882 |
| Incorporated | 1905[1] |
| Lost Incorporation | January 1, 2015 |
| Government | |
| • MP (Brandon-Souris) | Larry Maguire(CPC) |
| • MLA | Doyle Piwniuk |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.68 km2 (1.03 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 499 |
| • Density | 186.2/km2 (482/sq mi) |
Hartney is an unincorporated urban community in theMunicipality of Grassland within theCanadian province ofManitoba that held town status prior to January 1, 2015. It lies along the banks of theSouris River. Originally established in 1882, the community is named after James Harvey Hartney, an early postmaster in the district.[2]
TheHollywood filmThe Lookout featuringJeff Daniels andJoseph Gordon-Levitt, and the filmThe Stone Angel featuringEllen Burstyn, were filmed in Hartney in 2006; taking advantage of such buildings as the community'sgrain elevator andmuseum.
Hartney's local Member of Legislative Assembly isDoyle Piwniuk and the Member of Parliament for the area isBrandon—Souris MPLarry Maguire.
Six kilometres west of Hartney are theLauder Sand Hills.
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Hartney had a population of 499 living in 210 of its 231 total private dwellings, a change of8% from its 2016 population of 462. With a land area of 2.68 km2 (1.03 sq mi), it had a population density of186.2/km2 (482.2/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
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