Staffordville, Lethbridge

Staffordville
Stafford
Neighbourhood
Staffordville is located in Alberta
Staffordville
Staffordville
Location of Stafford in Alberta
Coordinates: 49°42′54″N 112°50′13″W / 49.715°N 112.837°W / 49.715; -112.837
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
CityLethbridge
QuadrantNW
Incorporated[1]1900 (village)
Annexed[1]1913
Government
 • Administrative bodyLethbridge City Council
Population
 • Total
967

Staffordville, also originally known as Stafford, is a residential neighbourhood in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada that held village status between 1900 and 1913.

History

Staffordville was founded in the 1890s as a coal mining community.[1] It was named after William Stafford, mining engineer for the North Western Coal and Navigation Company.[2] The Village of Stafford was incorporated on October 22, 1900.[1][3] It was annexed by the City of Lethbridge in 1913.[1][4]

Geography

Staffordville is west of Stafford Drive North and north of 9 Avenue North in northern Lethbridge.[5] The neighbourhoods of Senator Buchanan, St. Edwards, and Stafford Manor are to the south, east, and north respectively.[6]

Demographics

Federal census population history of Stafford
YearPop.±%
1906623—    
1911985+58.1%
Source: Statistics Canada[7][8]

Staffordville has a population of 967 living in 450 dwellings in the City of Lethbridge's 2012 municipal census.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Staffordville Neighbourhood Area Redevelopment Plan" (PDF). July 8, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  2. ↑ Peat, Annie Laurie Stafford, Alex Johnston, and Carlton R. Stewart. 1978. Nineteenth century Lethbridge. Lethbridge. Alta: Whoop-Up Country Chapter, Historical Society of Alberta.
  3. ↑ "Orders in Council - Villages Established". The North-West Territories Gazette. Vol. 17, no. 20. Regina (published October 31, 1900). October 22, 1900. p. 5 (700 of 1453) – via Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ "An Act to Incorporate the City of Lethbridge, SA 1913, c 22". CanLII. pp. 3–4. Retrieved August 17, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Staffordville" (PDF). City of Lethbridge. February 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Neighbourhood Areas" (PDF). City of Lethbridge. February 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  7. ↑ 1906 Census: Northwest Provinces (PDF). Vol. Population of 1906 Compared with 1901. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1907. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  8. ↑ Fifth Census of Canada, 1911 (PDF). Vol. Special Report on Area and Population. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. February 27, 1912. Retrieved April 9, 2022.