Editing Cardston (section)

{{About||the municipal district|Cardston County|the provincial electoral district|Cardston (provincial electoral district)|the former NWT electoral district|Cardston (N.W.T. electoral district)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Cardston
| official_name      = Town of Cardston
| other_name         = 
| native_name        = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English -->
| nickname           = 
| settlement_type    = Town<!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)-->
| motto              = 
| image_skyline      = Cardston Alberta Canada Temple.jpg
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = [[Cardston Alberta Temple]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
| image_flag         = 
| flag_size          = 
| image_seal         = 
| seal_size          = 
| image_shield       = 
| shield_size        = 
| image_map          = 0052 Town Cardston, Alberta Locator.svg
| mapsize            = 
| map_caption        = Location in Cardston County
| pushpin_map        = Canada Alberta<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map -->
| pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Cardston in [[Alberta]]
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = Canada
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Alberta]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of regions of Canada#Alberta|Region]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Southern Alberta]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Land-use framework regions of Alberta|Planning region]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[South Saskatchewan Region|South Saskatchewan]]
| subdivision_type4  = [[List of municipal districts in Alberta|Municipal district]]
| subdivision_name4  = [[Cardston County]]
| government_footnotes = <ref>{{AMOS}}</ref>
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Maggie Kronen
| leader_title1      = Governing&nbsp;body
| leader_name1       = Cardston Town Council
| leader_title2      = [[Current members of the Canadian House of Commons|MP]]
| leader_name2       = [[Glen Motz]]
| leader_title3      = [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta|MLA]]
| leader_name3      = [[Joseph Schow]]
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = 
| established_title1 = Incorporated<ref name=AMATownProfiles>{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/basicReport/TOWN.PDF | publisher=[[Alberta Municipal Affairs]] | title=Location and History Profile: Town of Cardston | page=120 | date=October 7, 2016 | access-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref>
| established_date1  = &nbsp;
| established_title2 = &nbsp;•&nbsp;[[List of villages in Alberta|Village]]
| established_date2  = December 29, 1898
| established_title3 = &nbsp;•&nbsp;[[List of towns in Alberta|Town]]
| established_date3  = June 2, 1901
| area_footnotes     = &nbsp;(2021)<ref name=2021census/>
| area_land_km2      = 8.58
| area_urban_km2     = 
| population_as_of   = 2021
| population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/><ref name=2021censusPC>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810001101 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 13, 2022}}</ref>
| population_note    = 
| population_total   = 3724 <!-- 2021 StatCan census population only per [[WP:CANPOP]];  do not replace with latest municipal census population count; this municipal census population count can go in the population_blank1_title and population_blank1 parameters further below and can be noted in the article body (so long as it doesn't replace the 2021 StatCan census population in the body). -->
| population_density_km2 = 434.1
| population_urban   = 
| population_density_urban_km2 = 
| population_blank1_title = [[Municipal census in Canada|Municipal census]] ([[Alberta municipal censuses, 2018|2018]])
| population_blank1  = 3909<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cardston.ca/news/2018/9/21/municipal-census-results | access-date=September 21, 2018| title=Municipal Census Results}}</ref>
| population_density_blank1_km2 = 
| population_density_blank1_sq_mi = 
| timezone           = [[Mountain Standard Time|MST]]
| utc_offset         = −7
| timezone_DST       = [[Mountain Daylight Time|MDT]]
| utc_offset_DST     = −6
| coordinates        = {{coord|49|12|09|N|113|18|07|W|type:city_region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.safetycodes.ab.ca/Public/Documents/PSSSOP_Handbook_Version_12_Online_Feb_21_2012b.pdf | title=Alberta Private Sewage Systems 2009 Standard of Practice Handbook: Appendix A.3 Alberta Design Data (A.3.A. Alberta Climate Design Data by Town) | publisher=Safety Codes Council | type=PDF | pages=212–215 (PDF pages 226–229) | date=January 2012 | access-date=October 8, 2013 | archive-date=October 16, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016085027/http://www.safetycodes.ab.ca/Public/Documents/PSSSOP_Handbook_Version_12_Online_Feb_21_2012b.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| elevation_m        = 1130
| elevation_ft       = 
| postal_code_type   = Postal code span
| postal_code        = 
| area_code          = [[Area code 403|403]], [[Area code 587|587]], [[Area code 825|825]]
| blank_name         = Highways
| blank_info         = {{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|2}} <br /> {{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|5}} <br />{{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|501}}
| blank1_name        = Waterway
| blank1_info        = [[Lee Creek, Alberta|Lee Creek]]<br />[[St. Mary River (Montana-Alberta)|St. Mary River]]<br />[[St Mary Reservoir, Alberta|St Mary Reservoir]]
| website            = {{URL|www.cardston.ca}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
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'''Cardston''' is a town in [[Alberta]], Canada. It was first settled in 1887 by members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) who travelled from [[Utah Territory|Utah]], via the [[Macleod-Benton Trail]], to present-day Alberta in one of the century's last wagon migrations.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cardston Diamond Jubilee Committee|title=Cardston jubilee : 1887-1962 : Jubilee Souvenir|year=1962|page=28|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=270405|access-date=2013-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303144049/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=270405|archive-date=2017-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> The founder of the town was [[Charles Ora Card]]. The combined church and school was completed by January 29 the year following their arrival.<ref>{{cite book|last=Shaw|first=Keith|title=Chief mountain country : a history of Cardston and district. Volume I|year=1978|publisher=Cardston and District Historical Society|location=Cardston|isbn=0-919213-89-8|page=45|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=803537|access-date=2013-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924075952/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=803537|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>