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Markerville
Markerville Lutheran Church, built in 1907
Markerville Lutheran Church, built in 1907
Markerville is located in Alberta
Markerville
Markerville
Location in Alberta
Markerville is located in Canada
Markerville
Markerville
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Region Central Alberta
Census division 8
Municipal district Red Deer County
Government
 • Type Unincorporated
Area
 (2021)
 • Land 0.17 km2 (0.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total 38
 • Density 219.8/km2 (569/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s) 403, 587, 825

Markerville is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Red Deer County. It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Highway 54, approximately 29 kilometres (18 mi) southwest of Red Deer.

Markerville was the home for many years of Stephan G. Stephansson, famous in modern Icelandic literature, whose home is preserved as an Alberta Provincial Historic Site.

Demographics

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As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Markerville recorded a population of 45 living in 19 of its 22 total private dwellings, a change of 7.1% from its 2011 population of 42. With a land area of 0.19 km2 (0.073 sq mi), it had a population density of 236.8/km2 (613/sq mi) in 2016.

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