Stony Plain, Alberta
| Stony Plain | ||
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| Town of Stony Plain | ||
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| Nickname(s): The Town with the Painted Past | ||
 Stony Plain
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| Coordinates: 53°31′48″N 114°00′23″W / 53.53000°N 114.00639°WCoordinates: 53°31′48″N 114°00′23″W / 53.53000°N 114.00639°W | ||
| Country | Canada | |
| Province | Alberta | |
| Region | Edmonton Capital Region | |
| Census division | 11 | |
| Municipal district | Parkland County | |
| Incorporated | ||
| • Village | March 14, 1907 | |
| • Town | December 10, 1908 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | William Choy | |
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Stony Plain Town Council
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| • Manager | Tom Goulden | |
| Area (2016) | ||
| • Land | 35.72 km2 (13.79 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 710 m (2,330 ft) | |
| Population (2016) | ||
| • Total | 17,189 | |
| • Density | 481.2/km2 (1,246/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | MST (UTC−7) | |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−6) | |
| Area code(s) | 780, 587 and 825 | |
| Highways | Highway 16, Highway 779, Highway 16A | |
| Website | Official website | |
Stony Plain is a town in the Edmonton Capital Region of Alberta, Canada within Parkland County. It is located west of Edmonton adjacent to the City of Spruce Grove.
Stony Plain is known as "The Town with the Painted Past" due to the amount of painted murals in town. The town was originally known as Dog Rump Creek.
The name of the town is believed to have come from one of two possible origins. The first is that the Stoney people camped in the area historically. The second possibility is that Dr. James Hector, a geologist on the Palliser Expedition, noticed boulders scattered across the area. The official name for the settlement was adopted in 1892. Alex McNabb and McPherson were the first homesteaders in the area.
Train station, 1910
Circa 1912
Circa 1912
Circa 1925
has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb) It falls into the NRC Plant Hardiness Zone 4a.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Stony Plain recorded a population of 17,189 living in 6,641 of its 6,954 total private dwellings, a 14.2% change from its 2011 population of 15,051. With a land area of 35.72 km2 (13.79 sq mi), it had a population density of 481.2/km2 (1,246.3/sq mi) in 2016.
The population of the Town of Stony Plain according to its 2015 municipal census is 16,127, a 13.8% change from its 2008 municipal census population of 14,177.
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