Wymark | |
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Organized
Hamlet | |
Nickname: Home of the Big Cheese | |
Coordinates: 50°06′35″N 107°44′13″W / 50.1097°N 107.7369°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Region | Southwest Saskatchewan |
Rural Municipality | Swift Current |
Post Office Established | January 1, 1913 |
Government | |
• Reeve | Jerry Knipfel |
• Administrator | Dave Dmytruk |
• Governing body | Swift Current No. 137 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.30 km2 (0.12 sq mi) |
Population (2011)
[1] | |
• Total | 130 |
• Density | 434.1/km2 (1,124/sq mi) |
Time zone | CST |
Postal code | S0N 2Y0 |
Area code | 306 |
Highways | Highway 379 |
[2] [3] [4] |
Wymark is a hamlet in Swift Current Rural Municipality No. 137, Saskatchewan, Canada. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 144 in the Canada 2006 Census. [5] The hamlet is located on Highway 628 about 2 km north of Highway 363, and 15 km south of Swift Current. When the existing railway was extended to branch off in another direction, a town formed at this junction. This "Y" formation of the railway, resulted in the town being named Wymark.
Wymark was named after William Wymark Jacobs, an English writer best known for his 1902 story The Monkey's Paw. [6]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wymark had a population of 148 living in 54 of its 57 total private dwellings, a change of 7.2% from its 2016 population of 138. With a land area of 0.32 km2 (0.12 sq mi), it had a population density of 462.5/km2 (1,197.9/sq mi) in 2021. [7]
Wymark | |
---|---|
Organized
Hamlet | |
Nickname: Home of the Big Cheese | |
Coordinates: 50°06′35″N 107°44′13″W / 50.1097°N 107.7369°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Region | Southwest Saskatchewan |
Rural Municipality | Swift Current |
Post Office Established | January 1, 1913 |
Government | |
• Reeve | Jerry Knipfel |
• Administrator | Dave Dmytruk |
• Governing body | Swift Current No. 137 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.30 km2 (0.12 sq mi) |
Population (2011)
[1] | |
• Total | 130 |
• Density | 434.1/km2 (1,124/sq mi) |
Time zone | CST |
Postal code | S0N 2Y0 |
Area code | 306 |
Highways | Highway 379 |
[2] [3] [4] |
Wymark is a hamlet in Swift Current Rural Municipality No. 137, Saskatchewan, Canada. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 144 in the Canada 2006 Census. [5] The hamlet is located on Highway 628 about 2 km north of Highway 363, and 15 km south of Swift Current. When the existing railway was extended to branch off in another direction, a town formed at this junction. This "Y" formation of the railway, resulted in the town being named Wymark.
Wymark was named after William Wymark Jacobs, an English writer best known for his 1902 story The Monkey's Paw. [6]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wymark had a population of 148 living in 54 of its 57 total private dwellings, a change of 7.2% from its 2016 population of 138. With a land area of 0.32 km2 (0.12 sq mi), it had a population density of 462.5/km2 (1,197.9/sq mi) in 2021. [7]