Manitoba Communities: Miniota (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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The name of this municipality is believed to be a Sioux word meaning “plenty of water.”

Present Status	Municipality of Prairie View (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Miniota (22 December 1883) Amalgamated with Birtle and Birtle (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Archie, Birtle, Ellice, Hamiota, Shoal Lake, Wallace, Woodworth
Constituent Communities	Arrow River, Beulah, Crandall, Decker, Hoopers Lake, Isabella, Miniota, Quadra, Reeder, Uno
Land Area (square km)	832.75

Population

Year	Total
1891	1068
1896	904
1901	1567
1911	2294
1921	2593
1931	2557
1941	2148
1951	1851
1956	1866
1961	1720
1966	1577
1971	1332
1976	1181
1981	1196
1986	1123
1991	1048
1996	1027
2001	969
2006	904
2011	871

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1884-1887	?
1887-1890	William Taylor
1891	?
1892	John Fleming Sr.
1893	Thomas Stevenson
1894	David Gerrard
1895	John Fleming Sr.
1896-1899	David Gerrard
1900-1906	William M. Taylor
1907-1908	James L. Thompson (1869-?)
1909-1914	David Gerrard
1915-1927	James W. Mitchell
1928-1930	Charles G. Graham
1931-1949	John R. Lynch
1950-1967	H. S. Hyndman
1968-1974	C. J. Page
1975-1978	Vernon N. Lockhart
1979-1980	?
1980-1989	John M. “Jack” Hanlin (1920-2011)
1989-2001	Larry Walker
2001-2010	William John “Bill” Clark (c1945-2010)
2010-?	?
?-2014	Olive McKean
2015	See Prairie View

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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.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 September 2023