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Also known as Blackfalds, Alberta, Blackfalds, AB

Blackfalds is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located along Highway 2A 13.5 km north of Red Deer. The town's name, Waghorn (for Walter Waghorn, post master), changed in 1903 to Blackfalds, after Blackfalds, a Scottish hamlet.

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Blackfalds
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Town of Blackfalds
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Town
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Canada Alberta
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Location of Blackfalds in Alberta
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Canada
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Alberta
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Central Alberta
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Lacombe County
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Blackfalds is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located along Highway 2A 13.5 km north of Red Deer. The town's name, Waghorn (for Walter Waghorn, post master), changed in 1903 to Blackfalds, after Blackfalds, a Scottish hamlet.

== Demographics ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blackfalds” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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