Kerrobert began in 1906 as a village called Hartsberg. It was renamed Kerr-Robert in 1910, and in 1924 the name settled into its present form, Kerrobert.
Several early buildings still mark those years. The library dates from 1910 and the town's big water tower from 1914. The court house, built in 1920 in the centre of town, was designed by Provincial Architect Maurice W. Sharon and built by Wilson and Wilson of Regina for $145,750. It was the seat of the Kerrobert Judicial District and now serves as the town's municipal office.
The town's rink has a story of its own. The first one went up in 1910, and a tin-covered building followed in 1911 on the 400 block of Manitoba Avenue. A tornado destroyed it in 1919, sending metal flying for miles and killing one man. Its insurance had expired just days earlier, so residents went back to skating on the slaughterhouse slough. A shell was built to enclose the rink in 1927, but the old blue rink burned on November 25, 1946. The provincial cabinet then decided Kerrobert would buy and move one of the RCAF hangars in North Battleford. Work began in August 1947, and the new rink opened on Christmas Day for public skating and curling.
Today Kerrobert is known for its large water tower, which can be seen from 15 kilometres away. It hosts the Kerrobert Ice Dog Rec Tournament each March and is home to the Kerrobert Tigers hockey team.
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