Strome, Alberta

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|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Alberta

|subdivision_type2 = Region

|subdivision_name2 = Central Alberta

|subdivision_type3 = Census Division

|subdivision_name3 = No. 7

|subdivision_type4 = Municipal district

|subdivision_name4 = Flagstaff County

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|leader_name1 = Flagstaff County Council

|established_title = Settled

|established_date = 1905

|established_title2 = Incorporated (village)

|established_date2 = February 3, 1910

|established_title3 = Dissolved

|established_date3 = January 1, 2016

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| area_land_km2 = 0.91

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| population_total = 232

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|postal_code = T0B 4H0

|area_code = +1-780

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Highway 856

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|website = {{official website|www.villageofstrome.com}}

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Strome is a hamlet in east-central Alberta, Canada, within Flagstaff County.{{AltaML}} It is located on Highway 13, approximately {{convert|58|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of the City of Camrose. The hamlet was originally incorporated as a village on February 3, 1910.{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/index | title=Location and History Profile: Village of Strome | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | date=December 25, 2015 | access-date=January 1, 2016}} It dissolved to become a hamlet under the jurisdiction of Flagstaff County on January 1, 2016.{{cite web | url=http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/orders/orders_in_council/2015/1115/2015_260.html | title=O.C. 260/2015 | publisher=Government of Alberta | date=November 17, 2015 | access-date= November 19, 2015}} Strome's name is believed to come from Stromeferry in Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.{{cite book|last=Sanders|first=Harry|title=The Story Behind Alberta Names|publisher=Red Deer Press|year=2004|pages=283|isbn=978-0-88995-256-0}}

History

Strome began developing as a farming community in 1905. Max Knoll opened the first post office, under the name of Knollton, and set up the first general store. The name of the post office was changed to Strome on July 1, 1906. A hotel, a hardware store, and a church followed. Strome incorporated as a village on February 3, 1910.[http://www.villageofstrome.com/about_us Strome's History]

To learn more about the history of Strome and surrounding areas, consider visiting it's expansive museum, called Sodbusters Archives Museum.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Strome had a population of 232 living in 112 of its 127 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:232-260}}|260|1}} from its 2016 population of 260. With a land area of {{cvt|0.91|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|232|0.91|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810001201 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 10, 2022}}

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Strome had a population of 260 living in 113 of its 123 total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:260-228}}|228|1}} change from its 2011 population of 228. With a land area of {{convert|0.92|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|260|0.92|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=DCSD&Code1=4807041&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=strome&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 | title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Strome, Village [Dissolved census subdivision], Alberta | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=March 20, 2018 | access-date=April 30, 2018}}