The County of Warner No. 5 is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 2 just north of the United States border, its municipal office is located in the Village of Warner.

History

1912 – Warner was originally organised as a rural municipality. January, 1913 – Municipal District of Warner No. 36 incorporated. January 23, 1923 – Municipal District of Sugar City No. 37 incorporated. 1942 – Sugar City Municipality enlarged to include Local Improvement District No. 7 and portions of Local Improvement Districts 8, 38 and 67. January 6, 1950 – Warner Municipality enlarged to include Milk River, Coutts and Masinasin districts. December 31, 1953 – Sugar City dissolved and portion added to the Municipal District of Warner. January 1, 1954 – County of Warner No. 5 incorporated.

Geography The County of Warner No. 5 comprises approximately 50 townships and is bordered on the south by the Canada-United States border. It is composed of the former Municipal District of Warner No. 36 and a portion of the former Municipal District of Sugar City No. 37.

Communities and localities The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the County of Warner No. 5. Cities none Towns Milk River Raymond Villages Coutts Stirling Warner Summer villages none

The following hamlets are located within the County of Warner No. 5. Hamlets New Dayton Wrentham

The following localities are located within the County of Warner No. 5. Localities Clarinda Conrad Craddock Elmspring Judson Knappen Lucky Strike Masinasin Maybutt McNab Miami New Rockport St. Kilda Other places Allerston (Doran) Mammoth One-Seventeen Two-Fifteen

Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Warner No. 5 had a population of 4,290 living in 907 of its 1,032 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,942. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Warner No. 5 had a population of 3,847 living in 816 of its 941 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 3,841. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Attractions

Stirling Agricultural Village, National Historic Site of Canada Warner elevator row, last surviving "Grain Elevator Row" in Alberta. Galt Historic Railway Park Michelsen Farmstead William T. Ogden House Lost Frontier Mini-Railway Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Heritage Museum Centennial Park Stirling Elevator Neils Hogenson House Andrew Larson House Temple Hill Raymond Golf Club Milk River Golf Club

Events Stirling Settler Days Victorian Prairie Christmas – Galt Railway Park Raymond Stampede Milk River Bonanza Days Coutts Days Warner Dino Days

Education Westwind School Division No. 74 and Horizon School Division No. 67 provide education within the boundaries of the County of Warner No. 5.

Early school districts Listed below are the former school districts that once provided education within the County of Warner No. 5.Early School Districts – Warner County No. 5, Alberta

Name & SD No. Image Location Date Established Date Closed/Disbanded NotesGalt/Stirling No. 647 29-6-19W4 19 November 1901 Originally named Galt, the name was changed to Stirling in 1957.Galt/Stirling S.D. 647 – Glenbow Museum ArchivesRaymond No. 700 8-6-20W4 1 May 1902Raymond S.D. 700 – Glenbow Museum Archives Mammoth No. 1379 24-5-20W4 9 August 1905Mommoth S.D. 1379 – Glenbow Museum Archives Warner No. 1675 10-4-17W4 31 July 1907Warner S.D. 1675 – Glenbow Museum Archives Tyrells Lake No. 2007 20-5-17W4 8 July 1909 1939 Demolished 1940sMilk River Valley/Masinasin No. 2024 15-2-13W4 24 August 1909 Originally named Milk River Valley, the name was changed to Masinasin in 1941.Milk River Valley/Masinasin S.D. 2024 – Glenbow Museum ArchivesMilk River No. 2056 15-2-13W4 8 October 1909 Grain No. 2597 15-1-11W4 25 November 1911Grain S.D. 2597 – Glenbow Museum Archives West Butte/St. Kilda No. 2747 11-1-12W4 25 May 1912 Originally named West Butte, the name was changed to St. Kilda in 1920.West Butte/St. Kilda S.D. 2747 – Glenbow Museum ArchivesIndian Rock No. 2540 18-1-12 W4 moved? to 11-1-12W4 25 August 1911Indian Rock S.D. 2540 – Glenbow Museum Archives Locke No. 2730 31-1-13 W4 Moved? to 28-2-13W4 10 May 1912Locke S.D. 2730 – Glenbow Museum Archives Clarinda No. 2459 8-1-13 W4 10 June 1911Clarinda S.D. 2730 – Glenbow Museum Archives Verburg No. 2439 33-1-14 W4 10 May 1911Verburg S.D. 2439 – Glenbow Museum Archives Sexton Creek No. 2510 9-1-14 W4 moved? to 33-1-14W4 24 July 1911Sexton Creek S.D. 2510 – Glenbow Museum Archives Lind No. 2170 34-1-16 W4 25 April 1910Lind S.D. 2170 – Glenbow Museum Archives John Joes No. 2198 24-1-17W4 26 May 1910 Also spelled John Jo[Our Roots] – Pioneering with a piece of chalk : the one-room country schools of Alberta, 1885-1982-John Joe SD No. 2198 Two Fifteen No. 2153 20-2-15W4 26 March 1910 March 26 Moved to Milk River for a class room when the district was joined with Milk River Consolidated District 12, December 1945Sleepy Hollow No. 2634 24-2-15W4 25 January 1912Sleepy Hollow S.D. 2634 – Glenbow Museum Archives Lucky Strike No. 2589 17-3-11W4 9 November 1911Lucky Strike S.D. 2589 – Glenbow Museum Archives Prairie Round No. 2152 21-3-12W4 26 March 1910 March 26Prairie Round S.D. 2152 – Glenbow Museum Archives Patience No. 2156 23-6-17W4 26 March 1910Patience S.D. 2156 – Glenbow Museum Archives Maybutt 32-6-19W4 1910 1924 Classes were first held at the Presbyterian Church, a vacant Chinese restaurant and later the Prairie Queen Hotel at the corner of First Avenue and Front Street, Maybutt. Plans to build a school house never got past the planning stages and children from Maybutt were bused to the neighbouring town of Stirling in 1924.Stirling Its Story and People – Maybutt School – pp. 191–192Kippen No. 2080 34-2-12W4 9 December 1909 1933 Kippenville Consolidated 7 created in 1915 by Kippen & Green Villa disorganized in 1933Bankview No. 3042 16-1-17W4 1913 1953 Coutts No. 3560 4-1-15W4 30 October 1917Coutts S.D. 3560 – Glenbow Museum Archives] North Wrentham No. 3618 7-16W4 18 February 1918North Wrentham S.D. 3618 Wrentham No. 3617 36-6-17W4 18 February 1918Wrentham S.D. 3617 Conrad No. 4077 11-61-12W4 3 November 1921Conrad No. 4077 – Glenbow Museum Archives

See also List of communities in Alberta List of municipal districts in Alberta

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