Hampstead Parish, New Brunswick

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Hampstead
Queens County NB - Hampstead Parish.png
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′N64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W / 45.84; -64.59
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick
County Queens County
Erected1786
Area
[1]
  Land212.39 km2 (82.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [1]
  Total288
  Density1.4/km2 (4/sq mi)
  Change 2016-2021
Increase2.svg 4.0%
  Dwellings
167
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)

Hampstead is a geographic parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. [2]

Contents

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between CFB Gagetown and the local service district of Hampstead, [3] which was a member of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11). [4] The Saint John River islands are not part of the local service district.

Origin of name

The parish was probably named for Hempstead, New York, [5] source of some of the Loyalist settlers of the parish.

History

Hampstead was erected in 1786 as one of the county's original parishes. [6]

In 1838 the rear of the parish was included in the newly erected Petersville Parish. [7]

In 1895 the eastern half of Long Island was transferred to Wickham Parish. [8]

New Brunswick's last surviving African Canadian community, Elm Hill, was established here in 1806.

Boundaries

Hampstead Parish is bounded [2] [9] [10] [11]

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; [9] [10] [11] bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a community expropriated for CFB Gagetown

Bodies of water

Bodies of water [lower-alpha 3] at least partly in the parish: [9] [10] [11]

Islands

Islands in the parish: [9] [10] [11]

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish. [9] [10] [11]

Demographics

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: [18]

See also

Notes

  1. Roads still appear on cadastral maps but not in highway mapbooks; because the old roads and grants are used in the Territorial Division Act they're used here.
  2. By the magnet of 1850, [12] when declination at the starting point was about 18º 20' west of north. [13] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was omitted in the 1952 [14] and 1973 Revised Statutes. [2]
  3. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. "Communities in each of the 12 Regional Service Commissions (RSC) / Les communautés dans chacune des 12 Commissions de services régionaux (CSR)" (PDF), Government of New Brunswick, July 2017, retrieved 2 February 2021
  5. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 239. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  6. "26 Geo. III Chapter I. An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, passed in the year 1786. Saint John, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 1786. pp. 3–12. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  7. "1 Vic. c. 35 An Act to erect a part of the Parishes of Gagetown and Hampstead, in Queen's County, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1838. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1838. p. 78. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  8. "57 Vic. c. 35 An Act to change the boundaries of the Parishes of Wickham and Hampstead, in the County of Queen's.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April, 1894. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1894. pp. 160–161. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "No. 138". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 139, 148, and 149 at same site.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "412" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 429, 430, 444, and 445 at same site.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  12. "13 Vic. c. 51 An Act to consolidate all the Laws now in force for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1850. pp. 142–152, 145–149. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
  13. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  14. "Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771.
  15. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  16. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Hampstead Parish, New Brunswick
  17. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Hampstead, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  18. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7



45°37′28″N66°05′07″W / 45.624483°N 66.085167°W / 45.624483; -66.085167 (Hampstead Parish, New Brunswick)