17-646: [REDACTED] Look up lawton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lawton may refer to: Places [ edit ] Lawton, Alberta , Canada Lawton, Havana , a neighborhood in Diez de Octubre , Havana City, Cuba Lawton Avenue , a major thoroughfare in Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila, Philippines Lawton, Herefordshire, a hamlet in England Lawton, Shropshire,
34-761: A hamlet in England Lawton railway station , formerly at Lawton-gate, near Church Lawton Church Lawton , a small village and civil parish (sometimes known as Lawton) in Cheshire, England Plaza Lawton , Manila, Philippines United States [ edit ] Lawton, Indiana Lawton, Iowa Lawton, Kansas Lawton, Michigan Lawton, North Dakota Lawton, Oklahoma Lawton, Pennsylvania Lawton, West Virginia , an unincorporated community in Fayette County Lawton, Wisconsin Lawton's Mill ,
51-435: A Canadian drug store Lawtons, New York , USA; a hamlet Rural Municipality of Lawtonia No. 135 Laughton (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with Lawton All pages with titles containing Lawton Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lawton . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
68-556: A hamlet, which is part of the district's jurisdiction. They are Acadia ( Acadia Valley ), Bighorn ( Exshaw ), Birch Hills ( Wanham ), Clear Hills ( Worsley ), Cypress ( Dunmore ), Grande Prairie ( Clairmont ), Lac Ste. Anne ( Sangudo ), Opportunity ( Wabasca ), and Thorhild ( Thorhild ). One municipal district, Ranchland , has its offices in a provincial park, Chain Lakes Provincial Park . Thirteen municipal districts have their offices in their jurisdiction, outside
85-714: A historic mill in Exeter, Rhode Island Lawton Place Historic District , a historic district on Lawton Place in Waltham, Massachusetts Lawton-Almy-Hall Farm , an historic farm in Portsmouth, Rhode Island on the National Register of Historic Places People [ edit ] Lawton (surname) Lawton (given name) Oscar Lawton Wilkerson (1926–2023), American pilot See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "lawton" on Misplaced Pages. Lawtons ,
102-628: A majority of their residential buildings are on parcels of land greater than 1,850 m , apply to Alberta Municipal Affairs for municipal district status under the authority of the Municipal Government Act . Applications for municipal district status are approved via orders in council made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under recommendation from the Minister of Municipal Affairs. As of
119-511: Is a municipal district in north central Alberta , Canada. It is located northwest of Edmonton and is in Census Division No. 13 . The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the County of Barrhead No. 11. The following hamlets are located within the County of Barrhead No. 11. The following localities are located within the County of Barrhead No. 11. In
136-452: Is a list of only those rural municipalities in Alberta that are incorporated as municipal districts . Despite their names, Lac La Biche County , Mackenzie County , and Strathcona County are not listed because they are in fact incorporated as specialized municipalities , not municipal districts . The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is likewise a specialized municipality and
153-699: Is the most common form of all rural municipality statuses used in the Canadian province of Alberta . Alberta's municipal districts, most of which are branded as a county (e.g. Yellowhead County , County of Newell , etc.), are predominantly rural areas that may include either farmland, Crown land or a combination of both depending on their geographic location. They may also include country residential subdivisions and unincorporated communities , some of which are recognized as hamlets by Alberta Municipal Affairs . Municipal districts are created when predominantly rural areas with populations of at least 1,000 people, where
170-569: The 2011 Census , Alberta's then 64 municipal districts ( Lac La Biche County has since then converted to a specialized municipality ) had a cumulative population of 451,979 and an average population of 7,062. Alberta's most populous and least populated municipal districts are Rocky View County and the MD of Ranchland No. 66 with populations of 36,461 and 79 respectively. 437 elected officials (eight mayors , 56 reeves and 373 councillors ) provide municipal district governance throughout
187-429: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the County of Barrhead No. 11 had a population of 5,877 living in 2,199 of its 2,677 total private dwellings, a change of -6.5% from its 2016 population of 6,288. With a land area of 2,385.28 km (920.96 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.5/km (6.4/sq mi) in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada,
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#1732852607946204-472: The Municipal Government Act (MGA) as municipal districts and were permitted to retain the term county in their official names. More than half of the 63 municipal districts have their main administration offices, including council chambers, in a separate municipality such as a city, town, or village. This municipality (like all other cities, towns, and villages) is not part of the municipal district's jurisdiction. Nine municipal districts have their offices in
221-548: The county term in the official names of 47 municipal districts (and three specialized municipalities ) has partially led to a common belief that a county is its own separate municipal status type, which is not the case. The other major contributor to this common belief is that a county was once a former municipal status type in Alberta prior to the County Act being repealed in the mid-1990s. Those municipalities that were once officially incorporated as counties were continued under
238-556: The County of Barrhead No. 11 had a population of 6,288 living in 2,298 of its 2,830 total private dwellings, a 3.1% change from its 2011 population of 6,096. With a land area of 2,406.25 km (929.06 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.6/km (6.8/sq mi) in 2016. The county is within the Pembina Hills Public Schools , which formed in 1995 as a merger of three school districts. List of municipal districts in Alberta A municipal district (MD)
255-503: The boundaries of a city, town, or village. They are Brazeau ( Drayton Valley ), Lacombe (between Gull Lake and Lacombe ), Mountain View ( Didsbury ), Newell ( Brooks ), Northern Sunrise ( Peace River ), Paintearth ( Castor ), Parkland ( Stony Plain ), Peace ( Berwyn ), Red Deer ( Red Deer ), Saddle Hills ( Spirit River ), Wheatland ( Strathmore ), Willow Creek ( Claresholm ), and Woodlands ( Whitecourt ). The below table
272-433: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lawton&oldid=1250609524 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lawton, Alberta The County of Barrhead No. 11
289-420: The province. An order in council to incorporate any municipality must give the municipality an official name. Of Alberta's 63 municipal districts, 16 still have municipal district in their official names, while 47 of them have branded themselves as a county in their official names. Twenty-five of Alberta's municipal districts retain a numerical designation (e.g. "No. 8") in their official names. The use of
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