Acton, New Brunswick

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Acton
Coordinates: 45°44′29″N66°57′33″W / 45.741269°N 66.959045°W / 45.741269; -66.959045 [1]
CountryCanada
Province New Brunswick
County York
Parish Manners Sutton Parish
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)
Area codes 506 and 428


Acton is a populated place in Manners Sutton Parish, New Brunswick, Canada. It is served by New Brunswick Route 3 and New Brunswick Route 640. The nearest post office is in Upper Kent, New Brunswick, [2] although there was a post office in Action from 1865 to 1870. [3] Acton may be named for John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902), a British Liberal Party politician who supported Home Rule for Ireland. [3]

Cemetery

Acton Presbyterian Church is located at 4125 Route 640 in Acton. The Acton Presbyterian Cemetery, identified on a sign only as Acton Cemetery, is located across the road at 4128 Route 640. The cemetery's act of incorporation calls it the Acton Cemetery Company. [4]

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References

  1. "Acton, New Brunswick". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada.
  2. "Find a post office". Canada Post. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  3. 1 2 "Acton". Place Names of New Brunswick: Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  4. "An Act to incorporate the Acton Cemetery Company, SNB 1925, c 87". Statutes of New Brunswick. 1925. Retrieved 2024-04-02 via CanLII.