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This municipality was named for its proximity to the Plum River and a growth of plum trees that grew near it.
Present Status
Municipality of Rhineland (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Village of Plum Coulee (18 January 1901)
Town of Plum Coulee (22 December 2000)
Amalgamation of Plum Coulee, Gretna, and Rhineland (1 January 2015)Land Area (square km)
2.48
Year
Total
1901
394
1906
450
1911
380
1916
440
1921
419
1926
420
1931
456
1936
480
1941
440
1946
433
1951
467
1956
498
1961
510
1966
531
1971
480
1976
477
1981
592
1986
677
1991
676
1996
729
2001
725
2006
770
2011
843
Term
Mayor
1902-1903
A. Harder
1904
J. H. Unger
1905
A. Harder
1906
John I. Bargen
1907-1908
A. Harder
1909
J. P. Janzen
1910
J. H. Unger
1911-1913
Albert Braendle
1914
B. Alt
1915-1917
Albert Braendle
1918-1919
Samuel Rosner (1870-1952)
1920
J. A. Klassen
1921-1922
Albert Braendle
1923-1926
A. A. Harder
1927
Albert Braendle
1928-1932
A. A. Harder
1933
Cleve Unger
1934-1935
Albert Braendle
1936-1941
A. A. Harder
1942-1945
Cleve Unger
1946-1949
Louis Jackman
1950-1953
Cleve Unger
1954-1963
D. W. Wiebe
1964-1967
A. Braun
1968-1971
Jake Hooge
1972
?
1973-1978
Jacob Penner
1979-1980
?
1981-1983
Peter S. Falk
1984-1998
David Harold Schulz (1928-2010)
1999-2005
Kim Porte
2006
?
2007-2014
Archie Heinrichs
2015
See Rhineland
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Plum Coulee.
Go here for a list of history books for Plum Coulee.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Gerald Neufeld for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 April 2017
