Editing Appleton, Newfoundland and Labrador

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 | motto                    = Room to Grow 
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 | established_date2        = February 27, 1962
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 | leader_name              = Garrett Watton
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'''Appleton''' is a town in the northeastern part of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] in the province of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada.

It is located in [[Division No. 6, Newfoundland and Labrador|Division No. 6]], on [[Gander Lake]], southeast of [[Glenwood, Newfoundland and Labrador|Glenwood]].

== History ==
Appleton was incorporated on February 27, 1962. On January 27, 1962, a public meeting was held at the Appleton Community School for the purpose of organizing the community under the Community Councils Act.  Mr. William B. Temple acted as Chairman and Lewis C. Little acted as Secretary.  There were thirty-seven voters in attendance.  It was voted that there would be five members on the Appleton Community Council:

*Miss Zippoorah Steele
*Mr. Wilfred Richards 
*Mr. Lewis C. Little
*Mr. Leslie Reid
*Mr. Cyril Ford

== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Appleton had a population of {{val|620|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|265|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|285|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:620-574}}|574|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|574|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|6.33|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|620|6.33|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000210 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 15, 2022}}</ref>

{| border="6"
|+ '''Demographics'''
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| &nbsp; Population in 2016 &nbsp; || &nbsp; 574 &nbsp;
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| &nbsp; Population change from 2011 &nbsp; || &nbsp; -7.7% &nbsp;
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| &nbsp; Median age (2016) &nbsp; || &nbsp; 48.2 &nbsp;
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| &nbsp; Number of families (2016) &nbsp; || &nbsp; 195 &nbsp;
|-
| &nbsp; Number of married couples (2016) &nbsp; || &nbsp; 320 &nbsp;
|-
| &nbsp; Total number of dwellings (2016) &nbsp; || &nbsp; 240 &nbsp;
|-
| &nbsp; Catholic &nbsp; (2001);  || &nbsp; 23.5% &nbsp;
|-
| &nbsp; Protestant (2001) &nbsp; || &nbsp; 75.7% &nbsp;
|-
| &nbsp; 2016 Land Area (km<sup>2</sup>) &nbsp; || &nbsp; 6.39 &nbsp;
|}<ref>{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Appleton, Town [Census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador | date=8 February 2017 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1006011&Geo2=PR&Code2=10&SearchText=appleton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=October 20, 2019}}</ref>

{| width ="75%" border ="2" align="center"
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| width ="30%" align="center" | '''North:''' [[Division No. 6, Subd. E, Newfoundland and Labrador|Division No. 6, Subd. E]]
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| width ="10%" align="center" | '''West:''' [[Glenwood, Newfoundland and Labrador|Glenwood]] <br>
| width ="35%" align="center" | '''Appleton''' <br>
| width ="30%" align="center" | '''East:''' [[Division No. 6, Subd. E, Newfoundland and Labrador|Division No. 6, Subd. E]]
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| width ="30%" align="center" | '''South:''' [[Division No. 6, Subd. E, Newfoundland and Labrador|Division No. 6, Subd. E]]
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|}

==See also==
* [[List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador]]

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