Hatton, Saskatchewan
Hatton, also known as Forres, is an unincorporated community in Maple Creek Rural Municipality No. 111, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is located on Highway 635, 10 km north of the Trans Canada Highway, and 20 km northwest of Maple Creek. Not much is left of the once prosperous town of 800 citizens, but an old pioneer cemetery and schoolhouse that is now a private residence.
Hatton | |
|---|---|
Hatton Hatton | |
| Coordinates: 50°02′47″N 109°49′39″W / 50.0464°N 109.8276°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Southwest Saskatchewan |
| Rural Municipality | Maple Creek |
| Established | 1910 |
| Incorporated (Village) | 1913 |
| Incorporated (Town) | 1920 |
| Dissolved | 1930s-40s |
| Government | |
| • Reeve | Greg Link |
| • Administrator | Barbi-Rose Weisgerber |
| • Governing body | Maple Creek No. 111 |
| • MLA | Doug Steele |
| • MP | Jeremy Patzer |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 1 |
| Time zone | CST |
| Postal code | S0N 1N0 |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways | Trans Canada Highway Highway 635 |
| Railway | Canadian Pacific |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
History edit
Hatton, like so many smaller communities throughout Saskatchewan, has struggled to maintain a sturdy population causing it to become a complete ghost town. Around 1913, Hatton had enough citizens to incorporate into a village. By 1920, the population grew large enough to be incorporated as a town. The Great Depression years and the bypass of the Trans Canada Highway caused a decline in Hatton's population, causing the town's status to return to village status. Soon after the community lost its village status by dissolving into an unincorporated community under the jurisdiction of the Rural municipality of Maple Creek No. 111.[5]
Education edit
Hatton no longer has a school, but those who live in or around Hatton are sent to the neighboring town of Maple Creek which has a school that covers Kindergarten to Grade 12 serving approximately 400 students.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, , archived from the original on December 26, 2018, retrieved December 14, 2009
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, , archived from the original on November 21, 2008
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), , archived from the original on September 11, 2007
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), , archived from the original on April 21, 2007
- ^ . Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Archived from the original on March 25, 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2008.
50°14′53″N 109°30′14″W / 50.248°N 109.504°W