Dunmore, Alberta
Dunmore is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Cypress County, located 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) southeast of Medicine Hat's city limits on Highway 1 and the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline. A portion of the hamlet is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada.
Dunmore is the administrative centre of Cypress County and Prairie Rose School Division No. 8.
The hamlet was named by the CPR after Charles Murray, the Earl of Dunmore.
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Dunmore recorded a population of 514 living in 185 of its 188 total private dwellings, a change of 2.4% from its 2011 population of 502. With a land area of 2.41 km2 (0.93 sq mi), it had a population density of 213.3/km2 (552.4/sq mi) in 2016. The Dunmore designated place comprises only a portion of the hamlet.
Cypress County indicates that the population of the Hamlet of Dunmore was 1,025 in the 2011 Census.
As a designated place in the 2011 Census, Dunmore had a population of 502 living in 182 of its 186 total dwellings, a -6% change from its 2006 population of 534. With a land area of 2.42 km2 (0.93 sq mi), it had a population density of 207.4/km2 (537.3/sq mi) in 2011. The Dunmore designated place comprises only a portion of the hamlet.
Just south of the community is Eagle Butte High School, named after a geographic feature of the Cypress Hills. A one-room schoolhouse in the Cypress Hills was called "Eagle Butte School".
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