Newcastle | |
Settlement Type: | Former hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Newcastle in Alberta |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
Subdivision Name2: | No. 5 |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Town of Drumheller |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Established Title: | Incorporated (village) |
Established Date: | March 16, 1923 |
Established Title2: | Dissolved |
Established Date2: | May 21, 1931 |
Established Title3: | Annexed |
Established Date3: | 1967 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 51.464°N -112.736°W |
Area Code: | 403, 587, 825 |
Newcastle is a community within the Town of Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. It held village status for eight years between 1923 and 1931, and was recognized as a hamlet prior to annexation by Drumheller in 1967. The community is located within the Red Deer River valley on South Dinosaur Trail (Highway 838),[1] approximately 2km (01miles) west of Drumheller's main townsite. The former hamlet of Midlandvale is located across the river to the north.
Newcastle was incorporated as a village on March 16, 1923.[2] It subsequently dissolved from village status on May 21, 1931.[3] Newcastle was eventually annexed by the former City of Drumheller from the former Municipal District of Badlands No. 7 (then Improvement District No. 7) in 1967.[4]
Over the course of its incorporation, Newcastle had a population of 281 and 304 in 1926 and 1931 respectively. Despite its dissolution in 1931, the former village grew to a population of 1,278 in 1936 and peaked at a population of 1,317 in 1951. It then declined to a population of 949 in 1961.