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118:
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460:, Alexander had a population of 321 living in 119 of its 131 total private dwellings, a change of -3.9% from its 2016 population of 334. With a land area of 1.38 km (0.53 sq mi), it had a population density of 232.6/km (602.5/sq mi) in 2021.
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services at
Alexander were held between 1884 and 1887 in the waiting room of the CPR station, after which they used the local Presbyterian church. A dedicated wood-frame church building was constructed in 1900. Services were held until October 1974 and a
376:
Today, the
Alexander Post Office was one of the oldest privately owned post offices in continuous use in Manitoba. It became a municipally-designated historic site in 1993. Later in 2023 the Alexander Post Office was demolished and replaced with a home.
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in 1891. There are two main explanations for the current name. First is that the name was selected by the CPR after an early settler named
Alexander Speers. The other explanation is that it got its name from the first Canadian Prime Minister
428:
The
Alexander School District was formally established in October 1884, with the first 18-by-26-foot (5.5 m × 7.9 m) schoolhouse being built in 1886 on the south side of the railway at a cost of $ 600.
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Due to growing student enrollment, a second classroom was constructed in 1892. It was a three-room brick veneer building, built at a cost of $ 2,930. Ten years later, a two-storey brick building was erected.
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In 1945, Alexander School gained more students as the nearby Dalton School and
Assiniboine School closed. In 1960, high school students were bused to
331:. Built as a small hotel, residence and store, with the central portion occupied by the post office, the structure was built by the community's first
416:(known as Union church until 1925); the Presbyterian building continued to be used for services while the Methodist building was sold for use as a
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335:, James Frederick Walker, whose family provided postal services to the community until 1949.
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822:
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in front of the church building was installed in 1975. The building was turned over to the
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The community's closest city is
Brandon, Manitoba, and their school is part of the
633:"Historic Sites of Manitoba: Paterson Grain Elevator (Alexander, RM of Whitehead)"
658:"Historic Sites of Manitoba: Alexander War Memorial (Alexander, RM of Whitehead)"
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in commemoration of people from the local area killed during military service.
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congregation in 1889. In 1919, the congregation merged with that of the local
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On 23 July 1922, a monument was unveiled by the
Alexander branch of the
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in May 1978 and it was eventually renovated into a private residence.
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in mid-1988, it was destroyed by fire on 10 September 1990.
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555:"Manitoba Communities: Alexander (Unincorporated Village)"
327:(CPR) and a post office was opened, initially known as
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323:In 1882, the site was made a rail point on the
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794:(pg. 7) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
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404:A church was built in Alexander for a
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478:"Local Urban Districts Regulation"
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805:RM of Whitehead official website
342:in 1885, which was shortened to
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298:Rural Municipality of Whitehead
20:Rural Municipality of Alexander
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1168:Designated places in Manitoba
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1147:2015 municipal amalgamations
1142:Census divisions of Manitoba
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63:Location of Alexander in
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25:Place in Manitoba, Canada
325:Canadian Pacific Railway
18:Not to be confused with
525:"Alexander Post Office"
442:Brandon School Division
364:Manitoba Pool Elevators
313:Brandon School Division
985:North Cypress–Langford
979:Glenboro–South Cypress
354:Around 1916, a wooden
94:49.83000°N 100.29528°W
338:The site was renamed
246: • Summer (
961:Rural municipalities
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294:local urban district
99:49.83000; -100.29528
290:Alexander, Manitoba
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500:"Alexander School"
399:Diocese of Brandon
220: • Total
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1016:Former RMs
969:Cornwallis
504:www.bsd.ca
464:References
412:to form a
392:fieldstone
385:The first
333:postmaster
304:, west of
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302:Highway 1
277:Area code
229:Time zone
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131:Province
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1088:Forrest
1083:Douglas
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319:History
306:Brandon
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292:, is a
270:R0C 0E0
156:Westman
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