Rural Municipality of Whitehead
Whitehead is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It is west of Brandon, Manitoba and the principle communities within its boundaries Kemnay and Alexander.
It became a municipality on 22 December 1883 and was named for Joseph Whitehead, a railway contractor who was active in the area during the 1880s.
References
- Manitoba Historical Society: Rural Municipality of Whitehead
- Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 294) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
- Map of Whitehead R.M. at Statcan
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