Barton, Nova Scotia

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Barton is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, 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. [1]

44°32′13.27″N65°52′26.48″W / 44.5370194°N 65.8740222°W / 44.5370194; -65.8740222 (Barton, Nova Scotia)

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References

  1. "Place-names of the Province of Nova Scotia". Halifax, N.S. Royal Print. & Litho. 1922.