Marengo ( 2016 population: ) is a

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in the

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within the

Rural Municipality of Milton No. 292 The Rural Municipality of Milton No. 292 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 13 and Division No. 6. Located in the west-central portion of the province, it is ...

and Census Division No. 13. It is about west of

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. It is located within the

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History

Marengo incorporated as a village on November 5, 1910. The village originally incorporated under the name of Melbourne, which was probably a preliminary name given by the

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. However, the post office was given the name Marengo in 1911, named after

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, the hometown of pioneer J. Ray Goodrich. Later in 1911, its name was changed to Fuller after a manager of a ranch, because the post office would not allow "Melbourne". After three years, it changed back to Marengo. On October 8, 2020, a grain elevator caught on fire in the town; the fire was expected and no one was injured.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Marengo had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Marengo recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

References

Villages in Saskatchewan Milton No. 292, Saskatchewan Division No. 13, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision13-geo-stub