Manitoba Communities: Rossburn (Unincorporated Town)Link to:
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Like the municipality surrounding it, the community was named for Rev. Richard R. Ross, an early settler to the region.
Present Status
Municipality of Rossburn (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Village of Rossburn (1 May 1913)
Town of Rossburn (10 October 1997)
Amalgamation of Rossburn and Rossburn (1 January 2015)Land Area (square km)
3.43
Year
Total
1916
313
1921
357
1926
341
1931
421
1936
452
1941
443
1946
477
1951
586
1956
589
1961
591
1966
638
1971
638
1976
652
1981
696
1986
664
1991
609
1996
581
2001
568
2006
546
2011
552
Term
Mayor
1913-1917
D. Hough
1917-1919
William Young
1919-1921
C. W. Wickett
1921-1922
Murrough Charles O’Brien (1868-1955)
1922-1926
Richard King
1926-1927
John Lindsay
1927-1929
Jasper W. Strong
1929-1931
G. E. Spearman
1931-1949
John Grover Stitt (1893-1984)
1949-1959
Earl Moffat
1959-1963
John Grover Stitt (1893-1984)
1963-1967
P. Wladyka
1967-1970
John William Cormack (1896-1987)
1970-1977
Louis Kurchaba (1927-2013)
1977-1978
Richard Joseph “Rick” Plaisier (1948-2017)
1978-1980
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1980-1986
Louis Kurchaba (1927-2013)
1986-1992
Morley Kostecky (?-2017)
1992-2014
Shirley Kalyniuk
2015-?
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Geographic Names of Manitoba prepared in part by Anthony Paul “Tony” Buchner, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 April 2026
