Barton, Nova Scotia

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Barton
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Barton Post Office
Barton, Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 44°32′13.27″N65°52′26.48″W / 44.5370194°N 65.8740222°W / 44.5370194; -65.8740222 (Barton, Nova Scotia)
Area code 902 [1]

Barton is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, [2] located in the District of Clare in Digby County. The village is named after the loyalist Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Barton of a New Jersey Volunteer Regiment. [3]

References

  1. "Barton Nova Scotia,Canada".
  2. Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 38. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  3. Brown, Thomas J. (1922). Place-Names of the Province of Nova Scotia  . Halifax, NS: Royal Print & Litho. p. 16 via Wikisource.