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The Town of Whitewood is an urban municipality incorporated on December 31, 1892 under the provisions of An Ordinance to Incorporate the Town of Whitewood (No. 34 of 1892). The first municipal officials, elected on January 30, 1893 included James Grierson (mayor), four councilors and John Hawkes (town clerk).The town is governed by an elected council that can hire staff to manage daily administration and maintain municipal services, such as roads, utilities and recreation facilities. The responsibilities of the council include enforcing bylaws; waste collection/landfill; fire protection; maintaining public utilities, roads and streets; issuing tax and assessment notices and collecting taxes and other fees.

The Town of Whitewood, named for the clumps of white poplars in the area, is an agricultural based community located at 7-16-2-W2 in southeastern Saskatchewan, approximately 175 kilometers east of Regina. The town is often referred to as Crossroad Country as it is intersected by two major highways, the Trans Canada and Highway No. 9. The town is situated in Willowdale Rural Municipality No. 153.

The town is currently (2006) governed by a mayor and six councilors, each elected to three year terms. Subcommittees of Council manage public services, community economic development and recreation. The general administration of the town is handled by an administrator and an office clerk. The current population is 947.

The community of Weyburn was incorporated as a city on September 1, 1913.

West Otthon School District No. 464 was formed in 1898 and was located at McKim at what was then Assiniboia, Northwest Territories. George J. Sharman held the first teaching post when the school opened in the spring of 1899. In 1905 the school district became part of the Saskatchewan school system. Also in 1905, the West Otthon School District boundaries changed with the formation of the Oak Hill School District. In 1968, West Otthon was absorbed by Otthon Central School District and operated as such until 1978 when it became part of the Yorkdale School Division No.36.

Incorporated as a city in 2012.

Incorporated as a town in 1966, subsequently incorporated as a city in October 2012.

Incorporated for second time as a village in 1962, subsequently incorporated as a town in 1966.

Reverted to a hamlet in 1927, but subsequently re-incorporated as a village in 1962.

Incorporated as a village in 1906, but following population decline it reverted to hamlet status in 1927.

On August 9, 1907, ratepayers in the Attica area northwest of Lanigan, Saskatchewan (NW 11-34-22 W2) petitioned the Commissioner of Education for the establishment of a school district. Golden Bridge School was the original proposed name, although Valleyfield was the one approved. On March 4, 1908 fourteen ratepayers voted in favor of establishing a school district, making it a unanimous decision. The School District was officially erected March 23, 1908. The first organizational meeting was held on February 5, 1909. J. Cooper was appointed secretary, J.G. Anderson was chairman, and C.B. McConnell was a trustee.

The responsibilities of the district board included selecting and acquiring a school site and contracting the building of a school house; furnishing and maintaining the school, school grounds, buildings and equipment; engaging qualified teachers; providing books, globes, maps, and other supplies to teachers and students; administering grants; settling disputes; and maintaining school records and accounts.

The original school house burned down on November 6, 1950 and the Shady Bluff school house was moved in. The School Unit became part of the Lanigan School Unit No. 40 in 1945. When the Valleyfield school was closed June 1952, the school house was moved to Lanigan to be used by the Lanigan School Unit No. 40.

On August 10, 1903 ratepayers in the Gerald area (25-19-32-W1) petitioned the Department of Education of the North-West Territories for the establishment of a school district. When the petition was denied, the ratepayers reduced the boundaries of the proposed district and filed another petition on April 7, 1904. Departmental approval was granted and the first organizational meeting was held on April 21, 1904. Nine ratepayers voted in favor of establishing a school district; 3 were against it. Valdimar Gislason, Gunnar Johannsson and Albert Paulson were elected trustees.

Vallar School District No. 1020 was established on May 9, 1904. The responsibilities of the district board included selecting and acquiring a school site and contracting the building of a school house; furnishing and maintaining the school, school grounds, buildings and equipment; engaging qualified teachers; providing books, globes, maps, and other supplies to teachers and students; administering grants; settling disputes; maintaining school records and accounts.

Vallar means field or flat piece of ground in Icelandic, the origin of many of the first settlers in the Gerald area. The one room school, located at NW-21-19-32-W1, was built c.1904. In 1905, Vallar School District came under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education of the new province of Saskatchewan. The boundaries of the district were altered in 1923 and 1931. The duties and powers of the district board were revised when the Vallar School District became part of the Moosomin School Unit No. 9 on July 22, 1953. The school closed in 1957 and the students were conveyed to another district.