County of Forty Mile No. 8

The County of Forty Mile No. 8 is a municipal district in south eastern Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 1, southwest of Medicine Hat. Its municipal office is located in the Village of Foremost.

The "Future Home of Kmart" sign located inside of the abandoned locality of Nemiskam inside of Forty Mile No. 8 County

County of Forty Mile No. 8
Municipal district
Seal Welcome sign
Bow Island Foremost Burdett Manyberries Etzikom Orion Skiff Aden
Location within Alberta
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Southern Alberta
Planning region	South Saskatchewan
Established	1954
Incorporated	1958
Government [1]
• Reeve	Steven Wikkerink
• Governing body	County of Forty Mile Council
• Administrative office	Foremost
Area  (2021)[2]
• Land	7,163.61 km2 (2,765.89 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	3,600
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Website	40mile.ca

The County of Forty Mile is filled with several ghost towns such as Nemiskam, Orion, Conquerville, Altorado, Conrad, and the partially abandoned Etzikom.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the County of Forty Mile No. 8.[4] Cities none Towns Bow Island Villages Foremost Summer villages none

The following hamlets are located within the County of Forty Mile No. 8.[4] Hamlets Burdett (dissolved from village status on January 1, 2003) Etzikom Manyberries Orion Skiff Whitla Winnifred

The following localities are located within the County of Forty Mile No. 8.^[5]

Localities

Aden Avalon Bingen Birdsholm Comrey Endon Faith Florann Gahern Goddard Granlea Groton

Hoping Inversnay Jensen Juno Legend Maleb (previously Conquerville) Nemiscam Pakowki Pendant d'Oreille Pinhorn Ranchville

Other places

• Altorado

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Forty Mile No. 8 had a population of 3,600 living in 861 of its 994 total private dwellings, a change of 0.5% from its 2016 population of 3,581. With a land area of 7,163.61 km² (2,765.89 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.5/km² (1.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[3][2]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Forty Mile No. 8 had a population of 3,581 living in 865 of its 968 total private dwellings, a 7.3% change from its 2011 population of 3,336. With a land area of 7,249.31 km² (2,798.97 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.5/km² (1.3/sq mi) in 2016.^[6]

See also

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of municipal districts in Alberta
• List of ghost towns in Alberta