Neidpath, Saskatchewan | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southwest Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 7 |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Coulee |
Leader Title: | Reeve |
Leader Title1: | Administrator |
Leader Name1: | Ken Hollinger |
Leader Title2: | Governing body |
Leader Name2: | Coulee No. 136 |
Established Title: | Post office founded |
Established Date: | August 1, 1909 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Date2: | 1920s |
Established Title3: | Restructured (Hamlet) |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 9 |
Timezone: | CST |
Coordinates: | 50.179°N -107.375°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0N 1S0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 363 Highway 720 |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Blank1 Info: | Highfield Reservoir |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Neidpath, is a hamlet in Coulee Rural Municipality No. 136, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located on Highway 363 and Highway 720 about 25 km east of the city of Swift Current.
Neidpath was named after Neidpath Castle, near Peebles, Scotland. The name was suggested by the first postmaster, John Mitchell, whose family emigrated from Peebles.[2] The town was located on a branch line of the Canadian Northern Railway (later Canadian National) that ran to Avonlea, Saskatchewan.[3]
During its heyday Neidpath had four grain elevators, two of which still stand derelict today. At one time Neidpath even had its own telephone company, the Neidpath Rural Telephone Central Office. It also had hotels (including two Chinese hotels and restaurants and the King George Hotel along Central Avenue), a pool hall, hardware store, and a blacksmith shop. By 1981, CN had abandoned the rail line.[4]