Cudworth, Saskatchewan

{{Short description|Town in Saskatchewan, Canada}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2022}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Cudworth

| native_name =

| settlement_type = Town

| image_skyline = Cudworth Saskatchewan Station Museum 2010.jpg

| image_caption = Cudworth Heritage Museum
Former CN station

| nickname = The Hub of the Cities

| motto =

| pushpin_map = Saskatchewan#Canada

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Cudworth in Saskatchewan

| coordinates = {{coord|52|29|N|105|43|W|region:CA-SK|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Saskatchewan

| subdivision_type2 = R.M.

| subdivision_name2 = Hoodoo No. 401

| subdivision_type3 = Census Division

| subdivision_name3 = Division 15

| established_title = Settled

| established_date = early 1900s

| established_title2 = Incorporated (village)

| established_date2 = 1911

| established_title3 = Incorporated (town)

| established_date3 = 1961

| government_type =

| government_footnotes =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Scott Friesen Town of Cudworth online archives https://www.townofcudworth.com/2025/01/24/january-9-2025/

| leader_title1 = Governing body

| leader_name1 = Cudworth town council

| leader_title2 = MP Saskatoon—University

| leader_name2 = Brad Trost

| leader_title3 = MLA Batoche

| leader_name3 = Delbert Kirsch

| unit_pref =

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 2.21

| area_land_km2 =

| area_water_km2 =

| area_water_percent =

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m =

| population_footnotes = {{cite web

|title = 2011 Community Profiles

|work = Statistics Canada

|publisher = Government of Canada

|url = http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E

|access-date = 2014-05-07

|archive-date = 26 December 2018

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181226131643/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E%0A

|url-status = dead

}}

| population_total = 770

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = 348.7

| population_note =

| timezone = CST

| utc_offset = -6

| timezone_DST =

| utc_offset_DST =

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = S0K 1B0

| area_code = 306

| blank1_name = Highways

| blank1_info = {{jct|state=SK|Hwy|2}}

| website = [http://www.townofcudworth.com/ Official website]

| footnotes = {{Citation

|last=National Archives

|first=Archivia Net

|title=Post Offices and Postmasters |url=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php

|access-date=2013-12-01

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006045957/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php

|archive-date=2006-10-06

}}{{Cite web

|last=Government of Saskatchewan

|first=MRD Home

|title=Municipal Directory System |url=http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx

|access-date=2013-12-01

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115125115/http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx

|archive-date=2016-01-15

}}

}}

Cudworth ({{IPAc-en|lang|ˈ|k|ʊ|d|w|ɜːr|θ|}}) is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. Cudworth is located approximately 85 km north-east of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in the Minnichinas Hills. Cudworth is in hilly partially forested country east of the South Saskatchewan River. The area is part of the aspen parkland biome.

Cudworth had a population of 770 people in 2011. It has a public K-12 school, 60 local businesses and 3 churches serving the rural area surrounding it. It is surrounded by a large agricultural community.

The first pioneers settled the area west of modern-day Cudworth in the late 19th century. Established in 1911, the village was named after English philosopher Ralph Cudworth. Present day Cudworth continues to consist mainly of families with Ukrainian and German origins.

History

{{stack|File:Cudworth Saskatchewan Main Street 2010.jpg}}

The town was originally peopled primarily by settlers of Eastern European origin including Germany, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine.{{cite web

|url = http://www.townofcudworth.com/commHis.htm

|title = History of Cudworth

|publisher = Town of Cudworth

|year = 2007

|access-date = 2009-12-07

|archive-date = 6 October 2008

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081006150657/http://www.townofcudworth.com/commHis.htm

|url-status = dead

}}

In September 2008, Cudworth's grain elevator went up in flames. Cudworth was one of three Saskatchewan towns that still had an original Saskatchewan Wheat Pool elevator and a Canadian National Railway (CN) train station.

=Historic sites=

Located two miles west of Cudworth is the historic Our Lady of Sorrows Shrine. The site consists of an altar, chapel, statue and Stations of the Cross on a hill west of Highway 2. The shrine was established after three children saw a beautiful sad lady dragging chains and carrying a golden cross – when they approached her, she vanished. There is an annual pilgrimage on the tenth Sunday after Easter. It is an official pilgrimage of the Saskatoon Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy.{{cite web

| url = http://www.pi-er.ca/default.aspx?page=36

| title = Quick Facts About Communities

| publisher = Prairie Innovation Enterprise Region

| access-date = 2009-12-07

}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The Cudworth Heritage Museum (former CN Station) (c. 1925) is a Municipal Heritage Property on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.{{cite web

| url = http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/com-ful_e.aspx?id=9252

| title = Cudworth Museum (former CN Station)

| publisher = Canada's Historic Places

| access-date = 2009-12-07}}

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cudworth had a population of {{val|772|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|331|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|364|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:772-814}}|814|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|814|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|2.12|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|772|2.12|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000247 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=April 1, 2022}}

{{canada_census

|location = Cudworth

|2021_population=772 | 2021_pop_delta=-5.2 | 2021_land_area=2.12 | 2021_pop_density=364.8

|2021_median_age=48.4 | 2021_median_age_m=45.6 | 2021_median_age_f=50.8

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=364 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=331 |2021_mean_hh_income=66,500

|2021_geocode=2021A00054715041 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19

| 2011_population = 770

| 2011_pop_delta = 4.3

| 2011_land_area = 2.21

| 2011_pop_density = 348.7

| 2011_pop_rank =

| 2011_median_age = 52.2

| 2011_median_age_m = 51.4

| 2011_median_age_f = 53.5

| 2011_total_pvt_dwell = 357

| 2011_total_pvt_dwell_usual = 330

| 2011_mean_hh_income =

| 2011_access_date = 2012-08-07

| 2006_population = 738

| 2006_pop_delta = -3.7

| 2006_land_area = 2.21

| 2006_pop_density = 334.2

| 2006_pop_rank =

| 2006_median_age = 49.7

| 2006_median_age_m = 47.8

| 2006_median_age_f = 52.5

| 2006_total_pvt_dwell = 349

| 2006_total_pvt_dwell_usual = 312

| 2006_mean_hh_income = 52,266

| 2006_access_date = 2009-02-24

}}

Transportation

The municipality operates the Cudworth Municipal Airport.

Notable people

References

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