Yellowhead County is a municipal district in west central Alberta

Alberta

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It is the only county in Alberta Division 14

Division No. 14, Alberta

Division No. 14 is a census division in Alberta, Canada. The majority of the division is located in the western portion of central Alberta, while the westernmost portion of the division is located within Alberta's Rockies...

, and shares the boundaries with this census division

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History

• 1994: Established as a Municipal District of Yellowhead No. 94 on January 1.
• 1998: The name changed to Yellowhead County on July 8.
• 1998: Evansburg
  Evansburg, Alberta
  Evansburg is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada, within Yellowhead County. It is located on Highway 16A, approximately west of Edmonton and east of Edson. The hamlet is adjacent to the Pembina River and the Pembina River Provincial Park....
  
   dissolved as a village, and became part of Yellowhead Municipal District on June 30.

Demographics

In 2006, Yellowhead County had a population of 10,045 living in 4,177 dwellings

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, a 1.7% increase from 2001. The municipal district has a land area of 22303.82 km² (8,611.6 sq mi) and a population density

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 of 0.5 /km2.

Communities

Towns

• Edson
  Edson, Alberta
  Edson is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Yellowhead County, west of Edmonton along the Yellowhead Highway and east of the intersection with Highway 47.- History :left|thumb|200px|Welcome Sign...
  
  
• Hinton
  Hinton, Alberta
  Hinton is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada.It is located in Yellowhead County, northeast of Jasper and about west of Alberta's capital city, Edmonton, at the intersection of Yellowhead and Bighorn Highway, in the Athabasca River valley.-History:...
  
  

Hamlets

• Brule
  Brûlé, Alberta
  Brûlé is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is located on the northwest shore of Brûlé Lake, approximately west of Hinton. It has an elevation of .Statistics Canada recognizes Brûlé as a designated place....
  
  
• Cadomin
• Evansburg
  Evansburg, Alberta
  Evansburg is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada, within Yellowhead County. It is located on Highway 16A, approximately west of Edmonton and east of Edson. The hamlet is adjacent to the Pembina River and the Pembina River Provincial Park....
  
  
• MacKay
  MacKay, Alberta
  MacKay is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is located on the Yellowhead Highway approximately east of Edson.Statistics Canada recognizes MacKay as a designated place.- Demographics :...
  
  
• Marlboro
  Marlboro, Alberta
  Marlboro is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is located on the Yellowhead Highway , approximately west of Edson. Sundance Provincial Park is located northwest of the hamlet....
  
  
• Niton Junction
• Peers
  Peers, Alberta
  Peers is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is located on Highway 32, north of the Yellowhead Highway and approximately northeast of Edson.Statistics Canada recognizes Peers as a designated place....
  
  
• Pinedale
  Pinedale, Alberta
  Pinedale is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is located approximately east of Edson.- References :...
  
  
• Pine Shadows
  Pine Shadows, Alberta
  Pine Shadows is an unincorporated community in central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County that is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada.. It is located east of Edson.- Demographics :...
  
  
• Robb
  Robb, Alberta
  Robb is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is located on Highway 47, approximately southwest of Edson. It has an elevation of .Statistics Canada recognizes Robb as a designated place....
  
  
• Wildwood
  Wildwood, Alberta
  Wildwood is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is located on the Yellowhead Highway , approximately west of Edmonton and east of Edson. The Yellowhead Highway's intersection with Cowboy Trail is east of the hamlet...
  
  

Other unincorporated communities

• Ansell
  Ansell, Alberta
  Ansell is an unincorporated community in central Alberta, Canada.The small farming community is located immediately west of the town of Edson, between the Yellowhead Highway and the Canadian National Railway. It lies in the McLeod River valley, at an elevation of .The community is administered by...
  
  
• Carrot Creek
  Carrot Creek, Alberta
  Carrot Creek is an unincorporated community in central Alberta in Yellowhead County, located south of Highway 16, west of Spruce Grove....
  
  
• Embarras
  Embarras, Alberta
  Embarras is a Canadian National Railway rail siding in Alberta, Canada. It is located along CN's Foothills Subdivision at Milepost 25.2.-History:...
  
  
• Entrance
  Entrance, Alberta
  Entrance is an unincorporated community in central Alberta in Yellowhead County, located on Highway 40, northwest of Jasper.-References:...
  
  
• Lobstick
  Lobstick, Alberta
  Lobstick is an unincorporated community in central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County.It is located on the Yellowhead Highway , approximately west of Edmonton. It is established on the banks of the Lobstick River, downstream from Chip Lake. It has an elevation of .- See also :*List of...
  
  
• Nojack
  Nojack, Alberta
  Nojack is an unincorporated community in central Alberta within Yellowhead County, located on Highway 16, west of Edmonton, at an elevation of . It was named because of the lack of oil jacks in the area at the time....
  
  
• Obed
  Obed, Alberta
  Obed is an unincorporated community in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It lies 50 km west of Edson, Alberta via the Yellowhead Highway.Obed Lake and Obed Lake Provincial Park are located immediately east of the community....
  
  

External links

• Yellowhead County - Official Website