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County of St. Paul No. 19

municipality in Alberta

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ7591243 ↗
Source-derived summary

The County of St. Paul No. 19 is a municipal district in eastern Northern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 12, its municipal office is located in the Town of St. Paul.

History

It was previously known as the Municipal District of St. Paul No. 86 until January 1, 1962, when it became the County of St. Paul No.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “County of St. Paul No. 19” is municipality in Alberta. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through County, Paul and municipality, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1962—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1942. For this dossier, County, Paul and municipality is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “municipality in Alberta” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7591243. Authority coordinates are 53.993, -111.297. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1962.

Critical limits

The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “County of St. Paul No. 19”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow County of St. Paul No. 19 primary sources, County of St. Paul No. 19 archive and County research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “County of St. Paul No. 19” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.