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Cowley Alberta Information

Cowley is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is west of Lethbridge and surrounded by the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9. _x000D_ It was settled in the 1880s and named by a rancher. Cowley Post Office opened in 1900, and in 1906 Cowley was incorporated as village. The community’s name is a combination of “cow” and “lea”. _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Cowley had a population of 216 living in 96 of its 110 total private dwellings, a change of 3.3% from its 2016 population of 209. With a land area of 1.36 km2 (0.53 sq mi), it had a population density of 158.8/km2 (411.4/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Cowley recorded a population of 209 living in 100 of its 113 total private dwellings, a change of -11.4% from its 2011 population of 236. With a land area of 1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi), it had a population density of 152.6/km2 (395.1/sq mi) in 2016. _x000D_ Cowley was featured in the 2005 motion picture Brokeback Mountain as the fictional town of Signal, Wyoming. _x000D_ Cowley is featured on a 17c postage stamp issued by Canada Post in 1980 (August 27) to mark the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Province of Alberta. _x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowley,_Alberta