Wrentham, Alberta
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|settlement_type = Hamlet
|motto = Come Enjoy Wrentham
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|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Alberta
|subdivision_type2 = Region
|subdivision_name2 = Southern Alberta
|subdivision_type3 = Census division
|subdivision_name3 = 2
|subdivision_type4 = Municipal district
|subdivision_name4 = County of Warner No. 5
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|government_type = Unincorporated
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|leader_name = County of Warner No. 5 Council
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|established_date = 1910
|established_title2 = Incorporated
|established_date2 = 1913
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|timezone = MST
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|postal_code_type = Postal code span
|postal_code = T0K 2P0
|area_code = +1-403
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Wrentham ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|ɛ|n|t|əm}}) is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the County of Warner No. 5.{{AltaML}} It is located southeast of the intersection of the Veteran Memorial Highway (Highway 36) and the historic Red Coat Trail (Highway 61), approximately {{convert|25|km|mi}} east of the Village of Stirling, {{convert|30|km|mi}} south of the Town of Taber and {{convert|55|km|mi}} west of the Village of Foremost.
The hamlet was named by the Canadian Pacific Railway after Wrentham, a village in Suffolk, England.{{Cite web|url=http://ca.epodunk.com/profiles/alberta/wrentham/2005387.html|title=Wrentham, Alberta|author=ePodunk|access-date=2008-04-11}}
The hamlet is in Census Division No. 2 and in the federal riding of Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner.
Demographics
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| source = Statistics Canada
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|1941|74
|1951|73
|1956|74
|1961|111
|1966|99
|1971|75
|1976|68
|1981|60
|1986|64
|1991|58
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Wrentham recorded a population of 58 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.
See also
References
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{{Geographic location
| Northwest = Lethbridge
| North = Taber
| Northeast = Medicine Hat
| West = Stirling
| Centre = Wrentham
| East = Skiff
| Southwest = New Dayton
| South = Warner
| Southeast = Milk River
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