Venn | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Wreford |
Leader Title: | Former Mayor |
Leader Name: | Archie Smiley |
Leader Title1: | Administrator |
Leader Name1: | Lacelle Kim |
Leader Title2: | Governing body |
Leader Name2: | Reno No. 51 |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | N/A |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Date2: | N/A |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 14 |
Timezone: | CST |
Coordinates: | 51.6167°N -105.3006°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Twp Rd 310 |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Venn is an unincorporated community in the south-central region of Saskatchewan, Canada, located 20km (10miles) southeast of the town of Watrous, about 10 km east of Highway 2.
Venn, like almost every other town in Saskatchewan, once had its own wood crib grain elevator, but it was demolished in 2003. Many small towns throughout Canada like Venn have lost their grain elevators due to the consolidation of smaller grain companies to larger ones.
In its glory days, Venn had all the amenities of a small town, such as a number of businesses like restaurants, stores, and a bar, as well as a community hall. Due to not having a reliable source of drinking water, the small town began its slow decline, beginning in the 1950s and 1960s. Its population declined until it became a semi-ghost town.