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Cudworth
Town
Cudworth Heritage Museum Former CN station
Cudworth Heritage Museum
Former CN station
Nickname: 
The Hub of the Cities
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
R.M.Hoodoo No. 401
Census DivisionDivision 15
Settledearly 1900s
Incorporated (village)1911
Incorporated (town)1961
Government
 • MayorMike Borstmayer
 • Governing bodyCudworth town council
 • MP Saskatoon—HumboldtBrad Trost
 • MLA BatocheDelbert Kirsch
Area
 • Total
2.21 km2 (0.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
770
 • Density348.7/km2 (903/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
Postal code
S0K 1B0
Area code306
Highways Highway 2
WebsiteOfficial website
[2][3]

Cudworth is a small Canadian town located approximately 85 km north east of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in the Minnichinas hills. Cudworth is in hilly partially forested country east of the South Saskatchewan River. The area is part of the aspen parkland biome.

Cudworth had a population of 770 people in 2011.[1] It has a public K-12 school, 60 local businesses and 3 churches serving the rural area surrounding it. It is surrounded by a large agricultural community. The first pioneers settled the area west of modern-day Cudworth in the late 19th century. German settlers arrived in 1903 and settled in nearby Leofeld, Saskatchewan.

When the village was established in 1911 it was named after the English philosopher Ralph Cudworth. Present day Cudworth continues to consist mainly of families with Ukrainian, and German origins.

History

Main Street

The town was originally peopled primarily by settlers of Eastern European origin including Germany, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine.[4]

In September 2008, Cudworth's grain elevator went up into flames. Cudworth was one of three Saskatchewan towns that still had an original Saskatchewan Wheat Pool elevator and a Canadian National Railway (CN) train station.

Historic sites

Located two miles west of Cudworth is the historic Our Lady of Sorrows Shrine. The site consists of an altar, chapel, statue and Stations of the Cross on a hill west of Highway 2. The shrine was established after three children saw a beautiful sad lady dragging chains and carrying a golden cross – when they approached her, she vanished. There is an annual pilgrimage every year on the tenth Sunday after Easter. It is an official pilgrimage of the Saskatoon Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy.[5]

The Cudworth Heritage Museum (former CN Station) (c. 1925) is a Municipal Heritage Property on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.[6]

Demographics

Canada census – Cudworth, Saskatchewan community profile
2011
Population770 (4.3% from 2006)
Land area2.21 km2 (0.85 sq mi)
Population density348.7/km2 (903/sq mi)
Median age52.2 (M: 51.4, F: 53.5)
Private dwellings357 (total) 
Median household income
References: 2011[7] earlier[8][9]

Transportation

The municipality operates the Cudworth Municipal Airport.

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ a b "2011 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
  2. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, retrieved 2013-12-01
  3. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  4. ^ "History of Cudworth". Town of Cudworth. 2007. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  5. ^ "Quick Facts About Communities". Prairie Innovation Enterprise Region. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  6. ^ "Cudworth Museum (former CN Station)". Canada's Historic Places. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  7. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  8. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
  9. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.