Milton No. 292, Saskatchewan was first organised as a Local Improvement District named Wirral Improvement District in 1905. Rural Municipality

Rural municipality

A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or townships in the western United States...

 of Milton No. 292 was established on December 11, 1911. It is a rural municipality

Rural municipality

A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or townships in the western United States...

 in west-central Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 on the Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

 - Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

 border. Milton No. 292, Saskatchewan operates from Box 70, Marengo, SK S0L 2K0. To the south the RM of Mantario No. 262 was disorganised on December 31, 1968. So now an expanded Chesterfield No. 261 is to the south of this R.M.

Statistics

According to the Canada 2001 Census

Canada 2001 Census

The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 15, 2001. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 30,007,094. This was a 4% increase over 1996 Census of 28,846,761. In...

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• Population: 199
• % Change (1996-2001): - 12.3
• Dwellings: 76
• Area (km²): 655.76
• Density (persons per km²): 0.3

Urban Communities

• Marengo
  Marengo, Saskatchewan
  Marengo is a village in west central Saskatchewan, Canada, about 45 km west of Kindersley. It is located within the Sun West School Division.-External links:*...
  
  
• Alsask
  Alsask, Saskatchewan
  Alsask is part of the Heartland Regional Health Authority with SaskHealth reporting Alsask as having a population of 148 -Climate:Alsask experiences a semi-arid climate . Winters are long, cold and dry, while summers are short and warm...
  
  
• Merid

Saskatchewan Railways and Railway Stations

(historic or current)

• C.N.R
  Canadian National Railway
  The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....
  
  . Saskatoon Calgary Branch—serves Flaxcombe, Marengo, Merid, Alsask, Sibbald
• Mantario Subdivision C.N.R
  Canadian National Railway
  The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....
  
   -- serves Kindersley, Alsask, Ardene

Saskatchewan Highways and Roads

For more information see also List of Saskatchewan provincial highways

• Highway 7
  Saskatchewan Highway 7
  Saskatchewan Highway 7 is a major paved undivided provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, running from the Alberta border to Saskatoon...
  
   -- serves Alsask
• Highway 44
  Saskatchewan Highway 44
  Highway 44 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 7 near Alsask to Highway 11 near Davidson. Highway 44 is about 331 km long....
  
   -- serves Alsask
• Highway 317
  Saskatchewan Highway 317
  Highway 317 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 7 near Primate. Highway 317 is about 96 km long.-Intersections from south to north:...
  
  
• Francena Minerals Road, Saskatchewan
• Merid Road, Saskatchewan  -- comes close to Merid, SK

External links

• Our Roots Nos Racines Rural Municipality of Wilton, No. 472, Marshall, Saskatchewan, 1905-1955; 50 years of progress
• Milton RM 292
• MRD - Municipal Status Information - Rural Municipality
• West Central Saskatchewan - Government
• Kindersley Gen Web
• Saskatchewan Genealogy Society Rural Municipality Locator
• Map of Milton No. 292 at Statcan