Newcombe No. 260 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-cenral 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

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 encompassing 1,075.60 square kilometers in area. The rural municipality is at the intersection of Highway 21

Saskatchewan Highway 21

Highway 21 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Montana Secondary Highway 233 at the United States border near Willow Creek to Highway 950/Highway 919 within the Meadow Lake Provincial Park. Highway 21 is about 722 km long.Highway 21 passes through the major...

 and 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....

. The Lemsford Ferry

Lemsford Ferry

The Lemsford Ferry is a cable ferry in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The ferry crosses the South Saskatchewan River at Lemsford, Saskatchewan, connecting Highway 784 with Highway 784. The ferry is located near the Lemsford Ferry Regional Park....

 is located within the rural municipality. The rural municipality maintains its office in Glidden, Saskatchewan . The rural municipality in conjunction with the provincial government is in charge of maintenance of highways in its area. The rural municipality was established in 1911 and is named after Allan Simpson Newcombe who played a leadership role in establishing the Boston Colony of immigrants from Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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. Glidden is named after Charles Glidden (an immigrant from Paw Paw, Michigan

Paw Paw, Michigan

Paw Paw is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 3,363. It is the county seat of Van Buren County.-Overview:...

) who sold the town site to the Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...

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Heritage Properties

There is one designated heritage property:

• Ukrainian Catholic Parish of St. John the Baptist - Constructed in 1944 the church is located 20 km southwest of Kindersley
  Kindersley, Saskatchewan
  Kindersley is a town in west central Saskatchewan, Canada, located at Section 10, Township 29, Range 23, West of the 3rd Meridian, along highway 7, a primary highway linking Calgary, Alberta and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan...
  
  . The site also contains a one-room school that was related to the site in 1961 for use as a church hall. Religious services were last conducted at the church in 1986.