Springfield Parish, New Brunswick
Springfield | |
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Parish | |
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick. Location within Kings County, New Brunswick. |
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Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
County | Kings County |
Established | 1786 |
Area[1] | |
• Land | 248.22 km2 (95.84 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,652 |
• Density | 6.7/km2 (17/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 867 |
Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
• Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) |
This article is about the parish. For the community, consult Springfield, Kings County, New Brunswick.
Springfield is a Canadian parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.
Its population in the 2011 Census was 1,652.
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History
Brunswick Parish established in 1786: probably named for the town of Springfield in New Jersey or for the town of Springfield in Massachusetts: included parts of Studholm Parish and Havelock Parish until 1840.
Delineation
Springfield Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as:
- North by the County line and Kars Parish; west by Kars Parish and the line dividing lots number one and number eighteen, south of Belleisle Bay, and a part of the line dividing lots number fifteen and number sixteen, in the back settlement; south by a line running north sixty degrees east or parallel to the southern base line of the Belleisle Grant, and distant sixty-five chains therefrom, and extending to its intersection with a line running north from the mouth of Halfway Brook and east by a direct line from said intersection to the southeast angle of lot number eleven, granted to Henry A. Scovil in range two of Pascobac Brook lots, thence northeasterly, or in a direct line to the northeast angle of lot letter F, granted to Samuel Foster; thence northeasterly and northerly along the southeastern and eastern line of lot letter V, granted to William S. F. Wilson, to the northeastern angle thereof; thence northeasterly along the southeastern lines of the grant to John Coy and John Good, to a point intersected by the southeastern prolongation of the northeastern line of lot number one, granted to Samuel Kierstead; thence along said prolongation and line and its northwestern prolongation to Queens county line.
Communities
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold):
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[2]
Census | Population | Change (%) |
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2011 | N/A | |
2006 | 1572 | ![]() |
2001 | 1523 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
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1991 | N/A |
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[3]
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Springfield Parish, New Brunswick
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
- ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7
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Wickham Parish | Johnston Parish | ![]() |
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Kars Parish | ![]() |
Studholm Parish | ||
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Kingston Parish | Norton Parish |
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