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Manitoba Communities: Rosedale (Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was possibly named for a proposed post office southwest of Eden in the early 1880s.

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Rosedale (22 December 1883)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Rosedale (22 December 1883)
Adjoining Municipalities	Clanwilliam-Erickson, Glenella-Lansdowne, McCreary, Minto-Odanah, North Cypress-Langford
Constituent Communities	Birnie, Eden, Franklin, Howden, Kelwood, Mountain Road, Neepawa, Polonia, Riding Mountain, Springhill
Land Area (square km)	864.55

Population

Year	Total
1891	1400
1896	1385
1901	2388
1911	3085
1921	3504
1931	3674
1941	3781
1951	3237
1956	2875
1961	2662
1966	2643
1971	2347
1976	2050
1981	1886
1986	1791
1991	1614
1996	1644
2001	1598
2006	1658
2011	1627
2016	1672

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1884-1888	John Crawford (1856-1928)
1889-1897	Robert Campbell
1898-1904	John Crawford (1856-1928)
1905-1910	George H. Edwards
1911-1913	Samuel Currie
1914-1916	James A. McCallum
1917-1919	Samuel Currie
1920	S. H. McCracken
1921	Angus Campbell
1922-1927	George A. Baker
1928	John T. Davies
1929-1941	G. H. Kilburn
1942-1946	Noble Yerex
1947-1963	Thomas Ritchie Young (1898-1974)
1964-1965	E. B. McCracken
1966-1977	J. Gordon Stewart
1978-1980	Harry William Smithson
1981-1992	Arnold M. Birch
1993-1998	Jim Kuharski
1999-2014	Edward A. Levandoski
2015-2018	Bill Martin
2018-?	Michael Porrok

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

Go here for a list of historic sites in Rosedale.

History Books

Go here for a list of history books for Rosedale.

Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

We thank Allan Drysdale and Janina Smithson for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 June 2019