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Kavanagh is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Leduc County. It is located on Highway 2A between Millet and Leduc, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Edmonton.
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Map of Kavanagh, AB, Canada
The hamlet was settled by workers of the Kavanagh block of the Canadian National Railway and was named for Charles Edmund Kavanagh, railway superintendent. The grain elevators have since closed and been relocated.
Kavanagh was declared a hamlet on January 5, 1980 by Marvin E. Moore, Minister of Municipal Affairs.
Demographics
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kavanagh recorded a population of 47 living in 20 of its 21 total private dwellings, a change of 2999040000000000000♠−9.6% from its 2011 population of 52. With a land area of 0.33 km2 (0.13 sq mi), it had a population density of 142.4/km2 (368.9/sq mi) in 2016.
The population of Kavanagh according to Leduc County's 2005 municipal census is 38.