Radville was settled in 1895 and incorporated as a town in 1911. It sits in the RM of Laurier No. 38, with Long Creek running along its northern and eastern sides, and over the years the creek has given locals a place to fish and enjoy the outdoors.
From the 1920s into the 1970s, Radville was a busy hub. The Canadian National Railway made it a divisional point, with a roundhouse and turntable, water tank, coal dock, ice house, stockyard and express service, and five grain elevators stood in town. Main street had a livery, a blacksmith shop, four general stores, a dress shop, a bakery, a jeweller and two barber shops. The Bank of Commerce and the Empire Hotel were built in the early 1920s, and the hotel still operates. Town life also included several theatres, among them the Princess and the Oasis, which closed in 1977. Business began to drift to Weyburn after Highway 28 was upgraded around 1975.
Today the restored CN station, redone in 2010, is a museum displaying artifacts from local settlers and hosting the annual Harvest Day in late September, with a car show, pie contest and soap box races on main street. A volunteer-run replica of Eva's Popcorn Stand, built in 2010, opens on summer evenings. Radville-Laurier Regional Park, established in 1965, offers camping, a golf course, a pool and a recreation centre where the Radville Nationals hockey team plays.
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