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Kingman, Alberta
Kingman is an Alberta hamlet located about 20 kilometers north of Camrose in the County of Camrose.
It was established in 1909 with the opening of a post office and many other businesses soon followed. In 1910 the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was completed through Kingman to Calgary and construction started on a depot. It looked as though Kingman would grow and prosper, during the 1920s trains ran daily except Sunday. By the mid 1930s there was only one passenger train a week and freight trains ran only when needed to haul grain. In the mid 1960s rail service between Kingman and Camrose was discontinued, the station moved, and the rails were lifted in 1978. It may be the only town in Alberta that still has a "Hitchin' post" in front of the post office. Raymond Peterson noticed a girl that came to town on her horse to get the mail, she had nowhere to tie the horse so he built it for her.
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Coordinates: 53°13′01″N 112°34′01″W / 53.217, -112.567
