Cardston County

{{short description|Municipal district in Alberta, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2026}} {{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox settlement  | official_name = Cardston County | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Municipal district | motto =  | image_skyline = Grain Elevators 130.jpg | image_caption = Oldest grain elevator in Alberta, located in Raley | image_seal = AB Cardston County logo.png | seal_type = Logo | image_map = {{Location map+ |CAN AB Cardston |caption = |float = center |places = {{Location map~ |CAN AB Cardston |label = '''Cardston''' |mark = Western Canada Map Assets Town.svg |marksize = 8 |label_size = 110 |position = bottom |lat_deg = 49.2025 |lon_deg = -113.301944}} {{Location map~ |CAN AB Cardston |label = '''Magrath''' |mark = Western Canada Map Assets Town.svg |marksize = 8 |label_size = 110 |position = right |lat_deg = 49.423889 |lon_deg = -112.868333}} {{Location map~ |CAN AB Cardston |label = Glenwood |mark = Western Canada Map Assets Village.svg |marksize = 6 |position = left |lat_deg = 49.363611 |lon_deg = -113.510556}} {{Location map~ |CAN AB Cardston |label = Hill Spring |mark = Western Canada Map Assets Village.svg |marksize = 6 |position = right |lat_deg = 49.290833 |lon_deg = -113.623889}} {{Location map~ |CAN AB Cardston |label = Del Bonita |mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg |marksize = 4 |position = right |lat_deg = 49.0294 |lon_deg = -112.7906}} {{Location map~ |CAN AB Cardston |label = ''Blood<br>148'' |mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg |marksize = 0 |position = top |lat_deg = 49.435 |lon_deg = -113.135}} }} | image_map1 = AB locator CARDSTON COUNTY.svg | mapsize1 = 200 | map_caption1 = Location within Alberta | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Alberta | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = Southern Alberta | subdivision_type3 = Census division | subdivision_name3 = 3 | government_footnotes = <ref>{{AMOS}}</ref> | government_type = | leader_title = Reeve | leader_name = Randy Bullock | leader_title1 = Governing body | leader_name1 = Cardston County Council | leader_title2 = Administrative office | leader_name2 = Cardston | established_title = Established | established_date = 1954 | established_title2 = Incorporated | established_date2 = 1999 (County) | area_footnotes =  (2021)<ref name=2021census/> | area_land_km2 = 3358.39 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/> | population_note = | population_total = 4856  | population_density_km2 = 1.4 | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_blank2_title = | population_blank2 = | timezone = MST | utc_offset = −7 | timezone_DST = MDT | utc_offset_DST = −6 | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m =  | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | website = {{official website|www.cardstoncounty.com|cardstoncounty.com}} | footnotes = }}

'''Cardston County''' is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 3 around the Town of Cardston.

The municipal district was established on January 1, 1954, through the amalgamation of the ''Municipal District of Sugar City No. 5'' and part of the ''Municipal District of Cochrane No. 6''. On January 1, 2000, the name was changed from ''Municipal District of Cardston No. 6'' to ''Cardston County''<ref>[http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/profiles/data/0053_1.htm Municipal Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005034816/http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/profiles/data/0053_1.htm |date=2006-10-05 }} - Alberta Municipal Affairs</ref>

== Lakes == *Payne Lake

== Communities and localities == <div style="width:70%"> {{Col-begin}} {{Col-break}} The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Cardston County.<ref name=communities>{{AltaML}}</ref> ;Cities *none ;Towns *Cardston *Magrath ;Villages *Glenwood *Hill Spring ;Summer villages *none {{Col-break}} The following hamlets are located within Cardston County.<ref name=communities/> ;Hamlets *Aetna *Beazer *Carway *Del Bonita *Kimball *Leavitt *Mountain View *Spring Coulee *Welling *Welling Station *Woolford {{Col-end}}

The following localities are located within Cardston County.<ref name=localities>{{cite web | url=http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/ersl-rerl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4803001 | title=Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4803001 - Cardston County, geographical codes and localities, 2006 | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=2010-03-05 | access-date=2012-08-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525210954/http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/ersl-rerl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4803001 | archive-date=2013-05-25 | url-status=dead }}</ref> ;Localities {{Col-begin}} {{Col-break}} *Boundary Creek *Bradshaw *Caldwell *Colles *Glenwoodville *Hacke *Hartleyville *Jefferson {{Col-break}} *Owendale *Parkbend *Raley *Rush Lake<ref name=AltaGNS>{{cite map | url=https://www.altalis.com/map;id=117 | title=Geo-Administrative Areas (Hamlet, Locality and Townsite Culture Points) | date=October 26, 2020 | publisher=AltaLIS | format=Geodatabase layer | access-date=October 2, 2021}}</ref> *Taylorville *Twin River *Whiskey Gap {{Col-end}}

;Other places *Woolford Flat<ref>[http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/woolfd.htm Woolford Flat]</ref> </div>

== Demographics == In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cardston County had a population of 4,856 living in 1,143 of its 1,387 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:4856-4481}}|4481|1}} from its 2016 population of 4,481. With a land area of {{cvt|3358.39|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|4856|3358.39|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000248 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 9, 2022}}</ref>

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cardston County had a population of 4,481 living in 1,043 of its 1,260 total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:4481-4167}}|4167|1}} change from its 2011 population of 4,167. With a land area of {{convert|3429.82|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|4481|3429.82|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.<ref name=2016censusABmunis>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *{{official website}}

{{Geographic location | Northwest = Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 | North = Lethbridge County | Northeast = City of Lethbridge | West = Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9 | Centre = Cardston County | East = County of Warner No. 5 | Southwest = Improvement District No. 4 | South = Glacier County, Montana, United States | Southeast = Toole County, Montana, United States }} {{Alberta|RM=yes}}

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