The first settler in the Radville area was Conrad Paquin. Before the name Radville was selected they wanted to have the name Conrad. They decided not to use this name because there was already a couple of other places with the name Conrad. "Rad" was taken from the name Conrad and the French word "ville" was added because it meant town or city.

Radville was built on Conrad Paquin's homestead. He sold his quarter section of land to the CNR in 1911 for $9600. Before he was able to sell the land he had to find some way to deal with the 50-60 squatters (people living on land that they don't own) renting the land. Before this matter was settled, Conrad Paquin died in a tragic drowning incident. Afterwards, the squatters were dealt with by either moving or being paid off.

Radville came into existence on January 3, 1911, although the very first business came into Radville in 1910. Most of the businesses were hauled in from Wallindale. The first business in Radville was the post office and the first postmaster was C.S. Hill.

On January 30, 1911, the first council meeting was held. This meeting was held in Charlie Hill's Hardware store. Joe Ayotte and E Reetz were elected as the first councillors. At a later meeting they elected E.J. Moon as the secretary. They passed many laws and by-laws. The first by-law passed was that "a common seal shall be adopted for the Village of Radville. The seal shall consist of a metallic plaque with the words and figures:

'Village of Radville,

Province of Saskatchewan,

Incorporated 1911'

inscribed on it." The town office moved to several different buildings before it found its final destination in 1982. The new building was the former Mac-Robert Motors building on Healy Ave. This building was used for the Town Office, Library, Fire Hall, and Workshop.

The very first resolution passed in Radville was to have A. O. Sawdy close his poolroom at 10:30 P.M.

By-law 12 was passed "to encourage the planting of trees and preventing injury thereof." Fifty cents was paid to anyone who planted a tree, but the same amount was deducted for a planter's tax.

In 1912, 10 200 square feet of cement was laid for main street side walks. Boards were placed everywhere else. Automobiles started to become a problem in 1912 so a by-law was placed to make the cars slow down to 8 miles/hr. In 1914, many changes took place in Radville. Three hundred trees were planted at the sports ground and the fire hall was extended to make room for a courtroom.

One of Radville's proud moments was when the citizens were allowed to vote on whether or not they wanted Radville to become a town. The town of Radville was incorporated in June 1913. The first mayor of Radville was Peter Stuart. The first councilors were: E. J. Hober, John Eby, Charlie Hill, Mr. Barnum, H. R. Pickettes, and Joe Ayotte. The mayor received $5.00 per meeting and the councilors received $3.00 per meeting, providing they didn't have any more than 15 meetings per year.

Radville had many thriving businesses. There was a town office, dental office, jeweler, health region office and an electrical shop. Once the railway was built it brought lumber for three lumberyards and supplies for numerous new businesses. In 1911, there was a bank, two general stores, real estate, hardware store, cafe, bakery, flour and feed store, tonsorial parlor and a barrister. There was also a drug store, meat market, photographer, plow work, doctor, surgeon, barber shop, billiards, bowling, livery feed and sale barn, a garage, gas station, welding shop, and a confectionery.