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Cudworth Saskatchewan Information

Cudworth (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}English: /?k?dw??r?/) is a small town in Saskatchewan, Canada. Cudworth is located approximately 85 km north-east of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in the Minnichinas Hills. Cudworth is in hilly partially forested country east of the South Saskatchewan River. The area is part of the aspen parkland biome. _x000D_ Cudworth had a population of 770 people in 2011. It has a public K-12 school, 60 local businesses and 3 churches serving the rural area surrounding it. It is surrounded by a large agricultural community. _x000D_ The first pioneers settled the area west of modern-day Cudworth in the late 19th century. German settlers arrived in 1903 and settled in nearby Leofeld, Saskatchewan. _x000D_ Established in 1911, the village was named after English philosopher Ralph Cudworth. Present day Cudworth continues to consist mainly of families with Ukrainian and German origins. _x000D_ The town was originally peopled primarily by settlers of Eastern European origin including Germany, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine. _x000D_ In September 2008, Cudworth’s grain elevator went up into flames. Cudworth was one of three Saskatchewan towns that still had an original Saskatchewan Wheat Pool elevator and a Canadian National Railway (CN) train station. _x000D_ Located two miles west of Cudworth is the historic Our Lady of Sorrows Shrine. The site consists of an altar, chapel, statue and Stations of the Cross on a hill west of Highway 2. The shrine was established after three children saw a beautiful sad lady dragging chains and carrying a golden cross – when they approached her, she vanished. There is an annual pilgrimage on the tenth Sunday after Easter. It is an official pilgrimage of the Saskatoon Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy. _x000D_ The Cudworth Heritage Museum (former CN Station) (c. 1925) is a Municipal Heritage Property on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cudworth had a population of 772 living in 331 of its 364 total private dwellings, a change of -5.2% from its 2016 population of 814. With a land area of 2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi), it had a population density of 364.2/km2 (943.1/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ The municipality operates the Cudworth Municipal Airport. _x000D_ Dr. Aaron Hadland _x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cudworth,_Saskatchewan