The town was named after Charles Alexander Magrath, the son-in-law of Sir Alexander Galt.
The Post Office opened on March 1, 1900.
YEAR |
POPULATION |
1901 |
424 |
1911 |
995 |
1921 |
1069 |
1931 |
1224 |
1941 |
1207 |
1951 |
1320 |
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1903
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1905
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1910s
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1910
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Royal Bank 1914
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1915
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1925
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1937
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Tanner's Lumber Yard 1948
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