Plato is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of Snipe Lake No.

[5] The community was named after Plato, Minnesota, which had been the home town of Richard and Agnes Brust, early pioneers.

[6] The town is a few hundred yards off Saskatchewan Highway 44.

While the highway is paved, the town itself contains only gravel roads, and several houses remain abandoned.

The town retains a small post office.