Alhambra, Alberta (original) (raw)

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Hamlet in Alberta, Canada

Alhambra
Hamlet
Location of Alhambra in Alberta
Coordinates: 52°20′35″N 114°40′21″W / 52.3431°N 114.6725°W / 52.3431; -114.6725
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Census division	No. 9
Municipal district	Clearwater County
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
• Reeve	John Vandermeer
• Governing body	Clearwater County Council Jim DuncanTimothy HovenTheresa LaingCammie LairdDaryl LougheedMichelle SwansonJohn Vandermeer
Elevation	980 m (3,220 ft)
Population (1991)[1]
• Total	64
Time zone	UTC−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]

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

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of hamlets in Alberta

1. ^ a b "91 Census: Unincorporated Places — Population and Dwelling Counts" (PDF). Statistics Canada. June 1993. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
2. ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
3. ^ Place Names of Alberta, Volume 3 (1989)
4. ^ 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_‍]
5. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 11.

52°20′35″N 114°40′21″W / 52.34306°N 114.67250°W / 52.34306; -114.67250