Brazeau County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 11. The municipal district was incorporated on July 1, 1988 from Improvement District No. 222. On October 1, 2002, the name was changed from Municipal District of Brazeau No. 77 to Brazeau County. It is named for the Brazeau River, in turn named for Joseph Brazeau, a linguist associated with the Palliser Expedition. History Brazeau County encompasses an area that was originally under the jurisdiction of three neighbouring municipalities. In the mid-1980s, residents of the southwest portion of Parkland County and the west portion of Leduc County were growing weary of perceived poor service provision as a result of being located significant distances from their municipal headquarters in Stony Plain and Leduc respectively. After much lobbying and petitions over approximately five years, lands were severed from Parkland County and Leduc County, as well as a small portion of Yellowhead County to the west, to create Improvement District No. 222 on December 31, 1987, which incorporated as the Municipal District of Brazeau No. 77 six months later on July 1, 1988. The municipality subsequently changed its name to Brazeau County on October 1, 2002. Geography Communities and localities The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Brazeau County. Cities none Towns Drayton Valley Villages Breton Summer villages none The following hamlets are located within Brazeau County. Hamlets Buck Creek Cynthia Lodgepole Poplar Ridge Rocky Rapids Violet Grove The following localities are located within Brazeau County. Localities Alsike Antross Beaver Estates Berrymoor Birch Field Estates Birchwood Village Greens Boggy Hall Brazeau Dam Carnwood Cottonwood Subdivision Country Classic Estates Country Style Trailer Court Easyford Fairway Meadows Lindale Meadow Land Acres Parview Estates Pembina Pleasant View Rex Block River Ridge Subdivision Round Valley Valley Drive Valley Drive Acres West Bank Acres Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brazeau County had a population of 7,179 living in 2,860 of its 3,167 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 7,771. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brazeau County had a population of 7,771 living in 2,930 of its 3,194 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 7,132. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.