Norton Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the parish. For the community, see Norton, New Brunswick.

Norton
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick. Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Queens County
Established	1795
Area
• Land	144.62 km2 (55.84 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,296
• Density	9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	7.2%
• Dwellings	502
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Norton is a Canadian parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.

History

Norton Parish was created in 1795 from Sussex Parish and Kingston Parish: possibly named for Norton, near Taunton, in southern Massachusetts, which was the original home of many of the first settlers to this area.

Delineation

Norton Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as:

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold):

• Bloomfield
• Central Norton
• Guthrie Road
• Ketchum Road

• Norton
• Passekeag
• Woodpecker Hall

Bodies of water & Islands

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

• None

Demographics

Population

Population trend

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011		N/A
2006	1209	1.1%
2001	1222	0.0%
1996		0.0%
1991		N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only		%
English only		%
Both English and French	0	0.00%
Other languages	0	0.00%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:

• Highways
  • none

• Principal Routes
  • Route 121
  • Route 124

• Secondary Routes:
  • Route 855
  • Route 865

• External Routes:
  • None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick