Alhambra, Alberta

Hamlet in Alberta, Canada

52°20′35″N 114°40′21″W / 52.3431°N 114.6725°W / 52.3431; -114.6725CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaCensus divisionNo. 9Municipal districtClearwater CountyGovernment

• TypeUnincorporated • ReeveJohn Vandermeer • Governing body

Clearwater County Council

Jim Duncan
Timothy Hoven
Theresa Laing
Cammie Laird
Daryl Lougheed
Michelle Swanson
John Vandermeer

Elevation

980 m (3,220 ft)Population

(1991)^[1]

• Total64Time zoneUTC−7 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)

Alhambra is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Clearwater County.^[2] It is located close to the David Thompson Highway, east of Rocky Mountain House.

The hamlet is located in census division No. 9. It was first settled in 1906 and the local post office had the name Horseguards. (Horseguards Creek is nearby.)^[3]

It was re-named Alhambra when the railroad arrived in 1914.^[4] The community takes its name from Alhambra, in Grenada, Spain, as an attempt to share some of that place's glory.^[5]

Demographics

Alhambra recorded a population of 64 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "91 Census: Unincorporated Places — Population and Dwelling Counts" (PDF). Statistics Canada. June 1993. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
^ Place Names of Alberta, Volume 3 (1989)
^ Rocky Mountain House Reunion Historical Society (1977). Days Before Yesterday : History of Rocky Mountain House district. Rocky Mountain House: Rocky Mountain House Reunion Historical Society. p. 104. ISBN 0-88925-003-0.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 11.