Waldeck, Saskatchewan

Waldeck
Village
Village of Waldeck
Waldeck
Waldeck
Coordinates: 50°21′29″N 107°35′49″W / 50.358°N 107.597°W / 50.358; -107.597
Country  Canada
Province  Saskatchewan
Region South-central
Census division 7
Rural Municipality Excelsior No. 166
Founded 1882
Post office Founded 1906-10-01
Incorporated (Village) December 23, 1913
Government
 • Type Municipal
 • Governing body Waldeck Village Council
 • Mayor Glenn Alexander
 • Administrator Barb Cornelson
Area
 • Total 2.00 km2 (0.77 sq mi)
Population (2016)
 • Total 297
 • Density 148.3/km2 (384/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
Postal code S0H 4J0
Area code(s) 306
Highways Hwy 1
Hwy 628
Railways Canadian Pacific Railway
[1][2][3][4]

Waldeck is a village with in the Rural Municipality of Excelsior No. 166, in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The village had a population of 277 people in the 2016 Canada Census, (a -6.7% decrease from 297 in the 2011 Canada Census). Waldeck is 18 kilometres northeast of Swift Current on the Trans-Canada Highway. Waldeck is situated in the Swift Current River Valley.[5]

Demographics

Canada census – Waldeck, Saskatchewan community profile
2016 2011 2006
Population: 277 (-6.7% from 2011) 297 (1.0% from 2006) 294 (-11.7% from 2001)
Land area: 2.00 km2 (0.77 sq mi) 2.00 km2 (0.77 sq mi) 2.00 km2 (0.77 sq mi)
Population density: 138.3/km2 (358/sq mi) 148.3/km2 (384/sq mi) 146.8/km2 (380/sq mi)
Median age: 37.2 (M: 38.5, F: 36.3) 32.9 (M: 33.5, F: 31.8) 30.8 (M: 30.8, F: 31.0)
Total private dwellings: 117 113 114
Median household income:
References: 2016[6] 2011[7] 2006[8] earlier[9]

History

Waldeck is a German word meaning "Wooded Corner" probably named after the willows that grew along the banks of the Swift Current Creek. In 1903 the Canadian Government opened to settlement a tract of land from Swift Current Creek to Herbert. Waldeck was founded as a Hamlet and became a village in 1913. Among the first settlers were Rev. Klaas Peters and Mr. Abraham (probably Abram Klassen) in 1908. The majority of the people in and around Waldeck are of Mennonite ancestry.

Elon Musk worked on a farm near Waldeck after coming to Canada from South Africa in the late 1980s.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  2. ↑ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  3. ↑ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency
  4. ↑ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line
  5. ↑ "Swift Current Creek Basin". VACEA. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  6. ↑ "2016 Community Profiles". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. February 21, 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  7. ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  8. ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
  9. ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
  10. ↑ The Scrappy Habit That Made Young Elon Musk a Successful Entrepreneur, http://www.inc.com/zoe-henry/the-scrappy-habit-that-made-young-elon-musk-successful-entrepreneur.html

The Bergthaler Mennonites by Klaas Peters. Translated from the German by Margaret Loewen Reimer. With a biography of Klaas Peters by Leonard Doell. CBMC Publications, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1988.

Coordinates: 50°21′29″N 107°35′49″W / 50.358°N 107.597°W / 50.358; -107.597

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