Dunmore is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada, located 2.6 km south of Medicine Hat's city limits on Highway 1 and the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline. It is the administrative centre of Cypress County and the Prairie Rose Regional School Division No. 8.
The hamlet was named by the CPR after one of the railways' financial contributors -- Charles Murray, the Earl of Dunmore.
A designated place, Dunmore had a population of 534 in the 2006 Canadian census.
Just south of the community is Eagle Butte High School, named after a geographic feature of the Cypress Hills. A one-room schoolhouse in the Cypress Hills was called "Eagle Butte School".
Located in the hamlet is Dunmore Park, which has a playground, outdoor hockey rink, baseball field, and a small BMX track. Dunmore has two gas stations ("Tempo" and "Co-op Cardlock"), both owned by the Medicine Hat Co-op Association. Dunmore also has a community hall, a golf driving range, a storage unit business, a bar named Rusty's, and various other small businesses.
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