New Sarepta is a hamlet

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 in central Alberta

Central Alberta

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, Canada

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, within Leduc County

Leduc County, Alberta

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. It is located approximately 23 km (14.3 mi) east of the City of Leduc

Leduc, Alberta

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 along Highway 21.

New Sarepta dissolved from village

Village

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 status to become a hamlet on September 1, 2010. It originally incorporated as a village on January 1, 1960.

Name

Sarepta, North West Territories - New Sarepta, Alberta. Zarephath, Sarepta was an old Testament Town near Sidon. It is remembered chiefly because Elijah resided here during the latter half of the famine caused by the drought. ( I Kings 17:9 )

Its Greek equivalent "Sarepta" is mentioned in Luke 4:26 It was here that God miraculously sustained the prophet Elijah through the widow of Zarephath. Ruins such as columns and slabs of this ancient town survive in the Holy Land. The Roman roads here remain in near perfect condition.

Sarepta, Russia, on the Volga River was founded by Moravian Brethren from Saxony in Germany in the years 1765-1773. The colony thrived for many years. About a century after its founding, the established German Lutheran Church in Russia, with the support of the Russian government, began efforts to take Sarepta under its wing. Many of the Brethren objected to this and left the colony. Apparently some of them went to Volhynia, Russia, where they lived on rented land for a time. In the 1880s and 1890s land buying in Volyhnia was restricted by the Russian government. This caused many of the Brethren to migrate to South America, Canada and the United States. Today the descendants are referred to as the "Germans from Russia".

The settlers and pioneers of this area were to select a name that would be easy to pronounce in English and other languages. Various suggestions were made such as Biblical names, names of outstanding significance to Moravian characters, and names of some historical value.

Approximately 60 people signed a document favouring the name Sarepta. Shortly thereafter, the name Sarepta, North West Territories prevailed for a while, but eventually Alberta became a province and a post office bearing the name would be needed. The "New" was then added because the name Sarepta

Bluewater, Ontario

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 was already a place name in Ontario and the government was not about to approve the similarity. Another reason for the "New" was that an honored old Moravian name was again on its own.

The name Sarepta was designated to this settlement on October 2, 1904

Timeline

• 1906 New Sarepta School District #1548 was established.
• 1912 Long Prairie Store located in New Sarepta area.
• 1915 Railroad service extended through New Sarepta.
• 1916 First post office opened.
• 1920 Moravian Church was established in area led by Rev. William Scheel.
• 1921 Grain elevator built.
• 1927 New Sarepta village school was organized.
• 1928 First hotel opened.
• 1944 Curling rink was built.
• 1949 Oil boom in Alberta.
• 1960 New Sarepta incorporated as a village.
• 1962 New Sarepta Rural Fire was incorporated.
• 1972 Agriculture building was built.
• 1984 Tire & Girdle Store was built.
• 2010 Government of Alberta dissolved the village into a hamlet within Leduc County on September 1, 2010.

Demographics

The population of the Hamlet of New Sarepta according to its 2009 municipal census is 530.

In 2006, New Sarepta had a population of 410 living in 179 dwellings

House

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, a 7.3% increase from 2001. The hamlet has a land area of 2.28 km² (0.88031292159098 sq mi) and a population density

Population density

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of 179.8 /km2.

Businesses and services

• ATB Financial
• Brian's Backhoe Service
• CAFY Youth Centre
• Canada Post
• International Metal Manufacturing Inc.
• New Sarepta Car Wash
• New Sarepta Hotel (bar)
• New Sarepta Public Library
• New Sarepta Market (formerly Out 2 Lunch Grocery and Cafe)
• Small Town Spirits
• Sunshine Memories Daycare

Religious assemblies

• St. John's Lutheran Church
• The House of Prayer (formerly New Sarepta Country Church)
• Zion Evangelical Missionary Church

Schools

• New Sarepta Playschool
• New Sarepta Elementary School
• New Sarepta Community High School

Recreation

Winter

• New Sarepta Minor Hockey Association
• New Sarepta Skating Club [No Club 2006–present]
• Girl Guides
• senior floor curling

Summer

• baseball
• slowpitch
• softball
• running track
• basketball courts
• playgrounds
• Bent Stik Golf Course
• Legacy Ridge Golf Course
• New Sarepta Minor Soccer Association