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Until 1877, this community was named Ralstons Colony after John Ralston who had brought settlers here from Burritts Rapids, Ontario. When a formal name for the community was selected in 1877, Rapid City was chosen due to the fast-flowing Little Saskatchewan River nearby.
Population
Year |
Total |
1891 |
543 |
1901 |
529 |
1906 |
738 |
1911 |
580 |
1916 |
658 |
1921 |
571 |
1926 |
513 |
1931 |
493 |
1936 |
447 |
1941 |
452 |
1946 |
402 |
1951 |
391 |
1956 |
434 |
1961 |
467 |
1966 |
449 |
1971 |
374 |
1976 |
412 |
1981 |
431 |
1986 |
447 |
1991 |
406 |
1996 |
408 |
2001 |
424 |
2006 |
416 |
2011 |
417 |
Mayors
Term |
Mayor |
1883-1887 |
? |
1888 |
Sampson Leslie Head (1850-1941) |
1889-1891 |
? |
1892 |
James O. Ovas |
1893-1895 |
Disorganized |
1896 |
Malcolm Turriff (1849-1917) [receiver] |
1897-1898 |
? |
1899 |
John George Hindson (1848-1921) |
1900-1902 |
Edmund Cecil Gosset Jackson (1862-1915) |
1903 |
John George Hindson (1848-1921) |
1904 |
George Little Stone (1858-?) |
1905 |
Henry C. Clay (1881-?) |
1906-1907 |
Thomas Johnston Butchart (1871-1954) |
1908 |
Hugh H. Lockhart (1866-?) |
1909-1910 |
Arthur Frederick LePage (1870-?) |
1911 |
James Russell Burland (1856-?) |
1912-1913 |
T. G. Millar |
1914 |
Edmund Cecil Gosset Jackson (1862-1915) |
1915-1916 |
Charles E. Cresswell |
1917 |
Hugh H. Lockhart |
1918-1919 |
W. E. Birkinshaw |
1920-1921 |
J. M. Young |
1922 |
John Flows |
1923-1927 |
E. E. Riesberry |
1928-1929 |
C. M. Beattie |
1930-1932 |
C. Stone |
1933-1935 |
D. G. McMillan |
1936-1937 |
E. S. Gardiner |
1938-1941 |
F. W. Swann |
1942-1947 |
J. Wesley Rousell |
1948-1953 |
E. G. R. Gardiner |
1954-1957 |
J. Wesley Rousell |
1958-1959 |
Rev. G. G. Harris |
1960-1961 |
J. Wesley Rousell |
1962-1963 |
Norman Macdonald Birkinshaw (1911-1986) |
1964-1967 |
T. Turner |
1968-1970 |
J. P. Carr |
1971-1978 |
Harold E. Hyndman |
1979-1980 |
? |
1981-1983 |
Morris J. Stefaniuk |
1983-1993 |
Lloyd D. “Tiny” Shelvey (1947-2010) |
1993-1997 |
Harvey Wright |
1998-2001 |
Harold E. Hyndman |
2002-? |
Terry Christie |
?-2014 |
Orest Woloski |
2015 |
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Memorable Manitobans
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Rapid City:
Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in Rapid City.
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for Rapid City.
Photos & Maps
Sources
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 April 2017
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