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Manitoba Communities: Miniota (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)
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The name of this municipality is believed to be a Sioux word meaning “plenty of water.”
Present Status
Municipality of Prairie View (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Miniota (22 December 1883)
Amalgamated with Birtle and Birtle (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Archie, Birtle, Ellice, Hamiota, Shoal Lake, Wallace, Woodworth
Constituent Communities
Arrow River, Beulah, Crandall, Decker, Hoopers Lake, Isabella, Miniota, Quadra, Reeder, Uno
Land Area (square km)
832.75
Population
Year
Total
1891
1068
1896
904
1901
1567
1911
2294
1921
2593
1931
2557
1941
2148
1951
1851
1956
1866
1961
1720
1966
1577
1971
1332
1976
1181
1981
1196
1986
1123
1991
1048
1996
1027
2001
969
2006
904
2011
871
Reeves
Term
Reeve
1884-1887
?
1887-1890
William Taylor
1891
?
1892
John Fleming Sr.
1893
Thomas Stevenson
1894
David Gerrard
1895
John Fleming Sr.
1896-1899
David Gerrard
1900-1906
William M. Taylor
1907-1908
James L. Thompson (1869-?)
1909-1914
David Gerrard
1915-1927
James W. Mitchell
1928-1930
Charles G. Graham
1931-1949
John R. Lynch
1950-1967
H. S. Hyndman
1968-1974
C. J. Page
1975-1978
Vernon N. Lockhart
1979-1980
?
1980-1989
John M. “Jack” Hanlin (1920-2011)
1989-2001
Larry Walker
2001-2010
William John “Bill” Clark (c1945-2010)
2010-?
?
?-2014
Olive McKean
2015
See Prairie View
Memorable Manitobans
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Historic Sites
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Maps
Sources
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 September 2023
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