Sheerness, Alberta

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Sheerness is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada that is under the jurisdiction of the Special Areas Board.{{AltaML}} Within Special Area No. 2,{{cite web | url=http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/ersl-rerl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4804004 | title=Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4804004 - Special Area No. 2, geographical codes and localities, 2006 | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=March 5, 2010 | access-date=July 19, 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023535/http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/ersl-rerl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4804004 | archive-date=July 1, 2013 }} it is {{convert|7|km}} east of Highway 36 and {{convert|102|km}} north of Brooks.

The community most likely takes its name from Sheerness, in England.{{cite book|last1=Mardon|first1=Ernest G.|last2=Mardon|first2=Austin|title=Community Place Names of Alberta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jbIYAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA300|year=2010|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-897472-17-0|page=300|quote=...probably after the English coastal town in Kent.}}{{Self-published inline|date=December 2017}}

The community was named by Mr. George Crozier in memory of a seaport town on the east coast of England. The first postmistress was Mrs. Margaret Crozier in 1909.{{Cite book|editor-last=Gordon|editor-first=Agnes |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/866534634|title=Roads to Rose Lynn : a history of the Rose Lynn, Halladay, Sheerness, Stanmore, Scotfield, Richdale and Berry Creek areas.|publisher=[Rose Lynn Book Club]|year=1981|pages=286–287|oclc=866534634}}