Manitoba Communities: South Cypress (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)
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This municipality was named for the Cypress River that flows nearby.
Present Status |
Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress (1 January 2015) |
Incorporation History |
Rural Municipality of South Cypress (22 December 1883) |
Adjoining Municipalities |
Argyle, Cornwallis, Glenboro, Lorne, North Cypress, North Norfolk, Oakland, Riverside, Strathcona, Victoria |
Constituent Communities |
Aweme, Glenboro, Millford, Stockton, Treesbank |
Land Area (square km) |
1095.08 |
Population
Year |
Total |
1891 |
1447 |
1896 |
2050 |
1901 |
1923 |
1911 |
1830 |
1921 |
1927 |
1931 |
1839 |
1941 |
1777 |
1951 |
1027 |
1956 |
1018 |
1961 |
946 |
1966 |
895 |
1971 |
838 |
1976 |
854 |
1981 |
855 |
1986 |
860 |
1991 |
862 |
1996 |
862 |
2001 |
821 |
2006 |
834 |
2011 |
838 |
Reeves
Term |
Reeve |
1884-1887 |
? |
1888-1890 |
James Davidson |
1891 |
? |
1892 |
James Mitchell |
1893 |
P. H. Dewart |
1894 |
E. W. Dewart |
1895 |
E. H. Dewart |
1896-1897 |
William Lyall |
1898-1900 |
R. H. Ferguson |
1901-1902 |
Frederick Thomas Axford (1859-1935) |
1903 |
W. H. Donaldson |
1904-1905 |
L. McFadden |
1906-1907 |
Jonas Christie |
1908-1909 |
William McKenzie |
1910-1911 |
Wesley Down |
1912-1914 |
James Christie |
1915-1916 |
James Lockhart |
1917-1918 |
W. J. Ferguson |
1919 |
T. A. Carson |
1920-1921 |
F. A. Dewart |
1922-1929 |
James Winter Cartmell (1867-1948) |
1930-1932 |
H. N. Clark |
1933-1937 |
R. B. Davidson |
1938-1943 |
Osborne Malyon |
1944-1947 |
G. J. Olafson |
1948-1952 |
H. B. Donaldson |
1953-1977 |
Martin Vertz (1904-1984) |
1978-1983 |
Percy Shepherd |
1984-1988 |
John R. Moore |
1989-2014 |
Earl E. Malyon |
2015 |
See Glenboro-South Cypress |
Memorable Manitobans
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to South Cypress:
Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in South Cypress.
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for South Cypress.
Maps
Sources
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 October 2018
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