Cardston

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Settlement.leader_name: Maggie Kronen
Settlement.name: Cardston
Settlement.official_name: Town of Cardston
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Cardston Alberta Canada Temple.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Cardston Alberta Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Settlement.image_map: 0052 Town Cardston, Alberta Locator.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Cardston County
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Alberta
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Cardston in Alberta
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Alberta
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Southern Alberta
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Planning region
Settlement.subdivision_name3: South Saskatchewan

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Wikidata facts

Population: 3724
Area: 8.59
Elevation: 1130
Official website: www.cardston.ca
Image: Cardston Alberta Canada Temple.jpg

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Commons category: Cardston, Alberta

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Cardston is a town in Alberta, Canada. It was first settled in 1887 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who travelled from Utah, via the Macleod-Benton Trail, to present-day Alberta in one of the century's last wagon migrations. The founder of the town was Charles Ora Card. The combined church and school was completed by January 29 the year following their arrival.

==History== Cardston was "dry" (alcohol free) for more than a century after the 1915 Alberta liquor plebiscite. In 2023, following a municipal plebiscite in which residents voted narrowly in favour of the measure, the town council voted 5-2 to allow alcohol to be served in restaurants and recreation facilities such as the local golf course. Liquor stores, lounges, nightclubs and other alcohol-primary businesses remain prohibited, and there are no licensed premises in which to use video lottery terminals.