Ebenezer, Saskatchewan

Ebenezer
Village
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Coordinates: 51°22′11″N 102°26′54″W / 51.36972°N 102.44833°W / 51.36972; -102.44833Coordinates: 51°22′11″N 102°26′54″W / 51.36972°N 102.44833°W / 51.36972; -102.44833
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Rural municipality	Orkney No. 244
Founded	1885
Incorporation	1948
Area
• Land	0.62 km2 (0.24 sq mi)
Elevation	484 m (1,588 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	175
• Density	281.4/km2 (729/sq mi)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)

Ebenezer is a Canadian village in the province of Saskatchewan, with an estimated population in 2006 of 139. It is located 18 km north of the city of Yorkton, on Highway 9 in the Rural Municipality of Orkney No. 244.

The first settlers arrived between 1885 and 1887, mostly German-speaking Protestants who named the village after the location of Eben-Ezer mentioned in the Books of Samuel of the Old Testament. Ebenezer was incorporated as a village in 1948.

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