Emerson, Manitoba: Difference between revisions

'''Emerson''' is an unincorporated community recognized as a [[local urban district]] (LUD)<ref name=LUDR>{{cite web | url=http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/regs/current/_pdf-regs.php?reg=174/99 | title=Local Urban Districts Regulation | publisher=Government of Manitoba | date=April 23, 2016 | access-date=April 24, 2016}}</ref> in south central [[Manitoba]], Canada, located within the [[Municipality of Emerson – Franklin]]. It has a population of 678 as of the [[2016 Canada Census|2016 Canada census]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=DPL&Code1=460157&Geo2=PR&Code2=46&SearchText=Emerson&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=460157&TABID=1&type=0|access-date=23 May 2021|publisher=Statistics Canada|title=Census Profile, 2016 Census}}</ref>

Emerson, named after writer [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], is located 96 kilometers south of [[Winnipeg]] along the [[Red River of the North|Red River]], just north of the [[United States]] border at the point where the province of [[Manitoba]] and states of [[Minnesota]] and [[North Dakota]] meet. Being situated in the far southwestern corner of municipality, the LUD of Emerson shares borders with the [[Rural Municipality of Montcalm]] in Manitoba, [[Pembina County, North Dakota|Pembina County]] in North Dakota, and [[Kittson County, Minnesota|Kittson County]] in Minnesota. The towns of [[St. Vincent, Minnesota]] and [[Pembina, North Dakota]] are located just a few kilometers south of the border in the United States. The unincorporated community of [[Noyes, Minnesota]] lies immediately across the border from Emerson, however the border crossing between the two is now closed.