Manitoba Communities: Langford (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named for a ford crossing of the Boggy Creek near the homestead of early settler John Hamilton Layng.

Present Status

Municipality of North Cypress-Langford (1 January 2015)

Incorporation History

Rural Municipality of Langford (1 November 1890)
Amalgamated with North Cypress (1 January 2015)

Adjoining Municipalities

Elton, Lansdowne, Minto, North Cypress, Odanah, Rosedale, Westbourne

Constituent Communities

Haanel, Hallboro, Hummerston, Mentmore, Neepawa, Osprey

Land Area (square km)

561.95

Population

Year

Total

1891

1416

1896

1015

1901

1616

1911

1548

1921

1423

1931

1350

1941

1252

1951

1156

1956

1090

1961

981

1966

877

1971

749

1976

740

1981

772

1986

762

1991

733

1996

722

2001

784

2006

787

2011

767

Reeves

Term

Reeve

1891-1892

James Molland

1893-1894

Joseph Montgomery

1895

W. F. Sirett

1896

Joseph Montgomery

1897-1902

Peter McNab (1856-1921)

1903-1906

W. G. Pollock

1907-1909

George Little (c1858-1940)

1910-1911

J. W. Newton

1912-1916

Robert Habkirk

1917-1919

Stewart Lindsay

1920-1925

Frank Hockin

1926-1929

Stewart Lindsay

1930-1943

Donald Carmichael

1944-1945

Robert Arnold

1946-1948

Bertram Francis “Bert” Davidson (1884-1956)

1949-1959

C. H. Hockin

1960-1967

J. C. Montgomery

1968-1978

Lloyd G. Briese (?-2009)

1979-1989

Charles Mervin “Merv” Drayson (1924-2019)

1990-1995

Glenn Montgomery

1996-2005

Rick Evans (?-2017)

2006

?

2007-2014

Kathy Jasienczyk

2015

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

First Century of Langford: 1891-1991 by Langford Centennial History Committee, 1990.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 24 November 2020