Mankota got its post office in 1911, and its name tells you where its first settlers came from. It was made by combining Manitoba and North Dakota, the original homes of many of the people who settled the area. The community became an incorporated village on February 3, 1941.
Today the village sits on Highway 18, about 150 kilometres southeast of Swift Current, in the Rural Municipality of Mankota No. 45. Cattle are central to local life: the Mankota Stockyards hold cow sales every Friday all year long, drawing cattle from many farms in the area, and the Mankota Rodeo is held each May.
The village has a school covering Kindergarten through Grade 12, along with an inn, a general store, a Credit Union, a clinic, a bowling alley, a library and a community centre. In 2016 a $10 million helium processing facility was built near Mankota by Weil Group Resources of Dallas to supply refined, industrial-grade helium to world markets, reviving a mineral resource previously established in Saskatchewan.
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