Cowley, Alberta
{{Short description|Municipality in Alberta, Canada (est. 1906)}}
{{Infobox settlement
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|official_name = Village of Cowley
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|settlement_type = Village
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Canada
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Alberta
|subdivision_type2 = Region
|subdivision_name2 = Southern Alberta
|subdivision_type3 = Census division
|subdivision_name3 = 3
|subdivision_type4 = Municipal district
|subdivision_name4 = Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Garry Hackler (Deputy)
|leader_title1 = Governing body
|leader_name1 = Cowley Village Council
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|leader_title3 = MLA
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|established_title = Founded
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|established_title1 = Incorporated{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/basicReport/VILG.PDF | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | title=Location and History Profile: Village of Cowley | page=197 | date=October 14, 2016 | accessdate=October 17, 2016}}
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|established_title2 = • Village
|established_date2 = August 16, 1906
| area_land_km2 = 1.36
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_total = 216
| population_density_km2 = 159.2
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|timezone = MST
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|elevation_m = 1175
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|blank_name = Highways
|blank_info = Highway 3
Highway 510
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|blank1_info = Oldman River Reservoir
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Cowley is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is west of Lethbridge and surrounded by the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9.
It was settled in the 1880s and named by a rancher. Cowley Post Office opened in 1900, and in 1906 Cowley was incorporated as village. The community's name is a combination of "cow" and "lea".{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=42|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=38}}
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Cowley had a population of 216 living in 96 of its 110 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:216-209}}|209|1}} from its 2016 population of 209. With a land area of {{cvt|1.36|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|216|1.36|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000248 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 9, 2022}}
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Cowley recorded a population of 209 living in 100 of its 113 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:209-236}}|236|1}} from its 2011 population of 236. With a land area of {{convert|1.37|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|209|1.37|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | accessdate=February 8, 2017}}
Arts and culture
Cowley was featured in the 2005 motion picture Brokeback Mountain as the fictional town of Signal, Wyoming.{{cn|date=December 2018}}
Cowley is featured on a 17c postage stamp issued by Canada Post in 1980 (August 27) to mark the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Province of Alberta.
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website}}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Cowley
| North = Pekisko
| Northeast = Granum
| East = Fort Macleod
| Southeast = Pincher Creek
| South = Beauvais Lake Provincial Park
| Southwest = Beaver Mines
| West = Crowsnest Pass
| Northwest = Cowboy Trail
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{{Subdivisions of Alberta|villages=yes}}