Kathyrn is a

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in southern

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under the jurisdiction of

Rocky View County Rocky View County is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada that is named for its views of the nearby Rocky Mountains to the west. It surrounds most of Calgary, forming the city's northern boundary and most of the city's western and e ...

. Kathyrn is located approximately 32 km (20 mi) northeast of

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on Highway 566, 1.6 km (1.0 mi) west of Highway 9. A

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line runs northeast through Kathyrn towards

Three Hills Three Hills is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It takes its name from the three somewhat-larger-than-normal hills to its north. History Three Hills post office dates from 1904. Three Hills was incorporated as a village in 1912, the yea ...

. Neil McKay, a local farmer and large landowner, named this hamlet after his daughter. He had offered some of his land to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company in 1911 for a townsite, on the provision that he be permitted to give it a name. When the station was finally built in 1913, the painter who was in charge of the sign misspelled Kathryn and the settlement became known as Kathyrn. The post office opened January 1, 1919.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Kathyrn had a population of 21 living in 6 of its 6 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 10. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. The population of Kathyrn according to the 2018 municipal census conducted by Rocky View County is 13, a decrease from its 2013 municipal census population count of 20.

References

* Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1992). ''Place Names of Alberta – Volume II, Southern Alberta'', University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta. * Read, Tracey (1983).
Acres and Empires – A History of the Municipal District of Rocky View
', Calgary, Alberta. Calgary Region Designated places in Alberta Hamlets in Alberta Rocky View County {{CalgaryRegion-geo-stub

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