Neidpath, Saskatchewan

Neidpath, is a hamlet in Coulee Rural Municipality No. 136, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located on Highway 363 and Highway 720 about 25 km east of the city of Swift Current.

Neidpath, Saskatchewan
Hamlet
Abandoned grain elevators in Neidpath
Neidpath, Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 50.179°N 107.375°W / 50.179; -107.375
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
RegionSouthwest Saskatchewan
Census division7
Rural MunicipalityCoulee
Post office foundedAugust 1, 1909
Incorporated (Village)1920s
Government
 • AdministratorKen Hollinger
 • Governing bodyCoulee No. 136
Population
 (2001)
 • Total9
Time zoneCST
Postal code
S0N 1S0
Area code(s)306
HighwaysHighway 363
Highway 720
WaterwaysHighfield Reservoir
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Neidpath was named after Neidpath Castle, near Peebles, Scotland. The name was suggested by the first postmaster, John Mitchell,[1] whose family emigrated from Peebles.[5]:55 The town was located on a branch line of the Canadian Northern Railway (later Canadian National) that ran to Avonlea, Saskatchewan.[6]

During its heyday Neidpath had four grain elevators, two of which still stand derelict today. At one time Neidpath even had its own telephone company, the Neidpath Rural Telephone Central Office,[5]:81 two Chinese hotels and restaurants as well as the King George Hotel along Central Avenue, a pool hall, hardware store, and a blacksmith shop.[5]:113 By 1981, CN had abandoned the rail line.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Item: 20044". Post Offices and Postmasters. Library and Archives Canada. 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
  2. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
  3. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on 2007-09-11
  4. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on 2007-04-21
  5. Parson, Edna Tyson (1981). Neidpath District, 1909-1919: Earliest Pioneers. Land I Can Own : a biography of Anthony Tyson and the pioneers who homesteaded with him at Neidpath, Saskatchewan. Our Roots – Canada's Local Histories Online. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  6. "Canadian National Railway Station Building (Gravelbourg)". Canadian Register of Historic Places. Parks Canada. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  7. McLennan, David (2008-04-05). Our Towns: Saskatchewan Communities from Abbey to Zenon Park. University of Regina Press. p. 168. ISBN 978-0889772090.

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