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Manitoba Communities: Emerson (Unincorporated Town)
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This municipality was named in 1879 by William N. Fairbanks after the American essayist and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).
Present Status
Municipality of Emerson-Franklin (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Town of Emerson (25 November 1879)
Amalgamated with Franklin (1 January 2015)
Land Area (square km)
22.28
Population
Year
Total
1891
660
1901
840
1906
920
1911
1043
1916
1092
1921
746
1926
744
1931
978
1936
922
1941
854
1946
847
1951
884
1956
896
1961
932
1966
834
1971
830
1976
756
1981
762
1986
725
1991
721
1996
737
2001
655
2006
689
2011
671
Mayors
Term
Mayor
1879-1882
Thomas Carney (c1830-1905)
1882-1885
William Hill Nash (1846-1917)
1885-1886
? Irvine
1886-1887
Archie McKay
1887-1888
Charles Stanford Douglas (1852-1917)
1888-1890
David Henry McFadden (1856-1935)
1890-1891
William Webster Unsworth (1850-1928)
1891-1892
David Henry McFadden (1856-1935)
1892-1894
John William Macdonald (1855-?)
1894-1901
David Wright (1848-1917) [receiver]
1901-1904
William Webster Unsworth (1850-1928) [receiver]
1904-1907
Robert Hamilton (1842-1911)
1907-1910
David Wright (1848-1917)
1910-1911
C. Whitman
1911-1913
George W. Johnston
1913-1914
William Watson
1914-1926
Ezra Casselman (1860-1941)
1926-1945
James Bernard Andrews (1883-1968)
1945-1955
Walter Ross Forrester (1886-1979)
1955-1965
Leonard Careless
1965-1973
A. H. Carlson
1973-1975
William S. Wightman
1975-1983
Ralph William Eisbrenner (1918-2012)
1983-1986
William S. Wightman
1986-1992
Samuel Jay “Sam” Sadler (1924-2016)
1992-2001
2001-2005
Elmer Penner
2005-2014
Wayne Arseny
Memorable Manitobans
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Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in Emerson.
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for Emerson.
Maps
Sources
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Wayne Arseny for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 17 March 2023
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