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Riverhurst
Village
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Coordinates: 50°33′00″N 106°30′36″W / 50.5500°N 106.5100°W / 50.5500; -106.5100
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Southwest
Census division	7
Rural Municipality	Maple Bush
Government
• Governing body	Riverhurst Village Council
Area
• Total	124.8 km (48.2 sq mi)
Population
• Total	130
• Density	0.91/km (2.4/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 42
Website	Village of Riverhurst

Riverhurst (2021 population: 152) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Maple Bush No. 224 and Census Division No. 7. It is in the southwest Coteau Hills area of the province, north of the Vermillion Hills. The community is located on Highway 42 east of Riverhurst Ferry. The village is primarily a farming community.

The name is a portmanteau of Riverside and Boldenhurst, two nearby post offices.

History

Riverhurst incorporated as a village on June 22, 1916.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Riverhurst had a population of 152 living in 74 of its 131 total private dwellings, a change of 16.9% from its 2016 population of 130. With a land area of 1.01 km (0.39 sq mi), it had a population density of 150.5/km (389.8/sq mi) in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Riverhurst recorded a population of 130 living in 69 of its 114 total private dwellings, a 12.3% change from its 2011 population of 114. With a land area of 0.91 km (0.35 sq mi), it had a population density of 142.9/km (370.0/sq mi) in 2016.

Infrastructure

Riverhurst is situated close to the east bank of Lake Diefenbaker, and is the location of the Riverhurst Ferry, a cable ferry that crosses to Lucky Lake on the west bank. Highway 42 (which provides access to the community) crosses Lake Diefenbaker by the Riverhurst Ferry. The village is located 8 km south of the Elbow crater.

Notable residents

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Thomas Brian King (who was shot to death in Saskatoon) lived in Riverhurst.

Curtis Voth, who played Semi-Professional Hockey is from Riverhurst.

See also

• List of villages in Saskatchewan
• List of francophone communities in Saskatchewan
• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• List of geographic names derived from portmanteaus

References

1. National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters".
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".
5. Barry, Bill (September 2005). Geographic Names of Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing, Ltd. p. 358. ISBN 1-897010-19-2.
6. "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
7. "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
8. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
9. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
10. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2020.

External links

• Official website

v t e Places adjacent to Riverhurst
Lucky Lake Hitchcock Bay Grainland Greenbrier Riverhurst Lawson Log Valley Shooter Hill Thunder Creek

v t e Division No. 7, Saskatchewan
Cities	Moose Jaw
Towns	Central Butte Craik Herbert Morse
Villages	Aylesbury Beechy Brownlee Caronport Chaplin Coderre Ernfold Eyebrow Hodgeville Keeler Lucky Lake Marquis Mortlach Riverhurst Rush Lake Shamrock Tugaske Tuxford Waldeck
Resort villages	Beaver Flat Coteau Beach Mistusinne South Lake Sun Valley
Rural municipalities	Baildon 131 Canaan 225 Caron 162 Chaplin 164 Coteau 255 Coulee 136 Craik 222 Enfield 194 Excelsior 166 Eyebrow 193 Hillsborough 132 Huron 223 King George 256 Lawtonia 135 Maple Bush 224 Marquis 191 Moose Jaw 161 Morse 165 Rodgers 133 Shamrock 134 Victory 226 Wheatlands 163
Unincorporated communities	Organized hamlets Caron Hitchcock Bay Demaine Hamlets Main Centre Abound Archive Archydal Baildon Bernard Birsay Braddock Boharm Burnham Bushell Park Buttress Calderbank Chortitz Courval Crestwynd Darmody Droxford Dunblane Eskbank Flowing Well Gilroy Glen Kerr Gouldtown Grainland Grayburn Greenbrie Hallonquist Halvorgate Kelstern Lake Valley Lawson Leakville Levuka Lillestrom Log Valley Lyons Mawer McMahon Melaval Neidpath Old Wives Orland Parkbeg Prairie View Rheinfeld Rosenhof Rosenort South Gnadenthal Tichfield Junction Tilney Tullis Tyson Val Jean Vogel
See also: Municipalities in Saskatchewan Census divisions of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities

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