Kings County, New Brunswick

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Kings
County
Map of New Brunswick highlighting Kings County.png
Location within New Brunswick
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
Established1785
Electoral Districts     
Federal
Fundy Royal / New Brunswick Southwest
Area
[1]
 • Land3,482.35 km2 (1,344.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total71,184
 • Density20.4/km2 (53/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
Increase2.svg 3.3%
 • Dwellings
30,283
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code 506

Kings County is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada. Its historical shire town is Hampton and it was named as an expression of loyalty to the British Crown. [2] Both the Saint John and Kennebecasis rivers pass through the county.

Contents

Approximately half of the Kings County population of 68,941 (as of 2016) [3] lives in suburbs of the nearby city of Saint John.

Census subdivisions

Communities

There are seven municipalities within Kings County (listed by 2016 population): [4]

Official nameDesignationArea km2PopulationParish
Quispamsis Town57.2118,245 Rothesay
Rothesay Town34.7211,659 Rothesay
Grand Bay-Westfield Town59.784,964 Westfield
Hampton Town21.094,289 Hampton
Sussex Town8.954,282 Sussex
Sussex Corner Village9.341,461 Sussex
Norton Village75.351,382 Norton

Parishes

The county is subdivided into fifteen parishes (listed by 2016 population): [4]

Official nameArea km2PopulationMunicipalitiesUnincorporated communities
Studholm 449.373,522 Berwick / Carsonville / Centreville / Collina / Fox Hill / Gibbon / Gibbon Mountain / Head of Millstream /
Jordan Mountain / Kierstead Mountain / Kings / Lower Millstream / Marrtown / McGregor Brook /
Mount Hebron / Mount Middleton / Mount Pisgah / Newtown / Parleeville / Pearsonville / Pleasant Ridge /
Plumweseep / Prescott Hill / Roachville / Sharps Hill / Smiths Creek / Snider Mountain / Studholm /
Summerfield / Thompson Corner
Kingston 200.692,913 Bedford / Centreton / Chapel Grove / Clifton Royal / East Riverside-Kinghurst / Elmhurst / Erbs Cove /
Grays Mills / Grey Mills / Kingston / Kingston Corner / Kingston Creek / Long Reach / Lower Kingston /
Moss Glen / Perry Point / Renforth / Shampers / The Cedars / Waltons Lake / Whitehead / Whites Mills
Hampton 121.262,809 Hampton (town) Bonney Road / Damascus / Darlings Island / French Village / Hampton / Lakeside / Mount Prospect /
Nauwigewauk / Smithtown / Titusville
Sussex 244.022,516 Sussex (town)
Sussex Corner (village) 		Apohaqui / Campbell Settlement / Cassidy Lake / Drurys Cove / Dutch Valley / Erb Settlement / Hazel Hill /
Jeffries Corner / Lisson Settlement / Lower Cove / Markhamville / McCain Settlement / Millbrook /
New Line Road / Ratter Corner / Riverbank / Rockville / Southfield / Upper Wards Creek / Vinegar Hill /
Wards Creek
Westfield 295.701,962 Grand Bay-Westfield (town) Bayswater / Carters Point / Cheyne Settlement / Days Landing / Hardings Point / Keatings Corner /
Lands End / Milkish / Morrisdale / Nerepis / Public Landing / Sand Point / Summerville / Woodmans Point
Springfield 248.541,525 Belleisle Creek / Bull Moose Hill / East Scotch Settlement / Elm Brook / Hatfield Point / Irish Settlement /
Joliffs Brook / Keirsteadville / Long Point / Lower Midland / Midland / Northrups Corner / Pascobac /
Searsville / Springfield / Stewarton / The Grant / Upper Belleisle / Upper Midland / West Scotch Settlement
Cardwell 311.901,353 Anagance / Buckley Settlement / Cardwell / Crockets Corner / Dunsinane / Five Points /
Harper Settlement / Lindys / McCully / Mechanic Settlement / Penobsquis / Picadilly / Portage Vale /
South Branch / Springdale / Upper Goshen
Norton 144.761,301 Norton (village) Bloomfield / Central Norton / Guthrie Road / Ketchum Road / Passekeag / Woodpecker Hall
Upham 189.221,269 Barnesville / Bloomfield Ridge / Clover Hill / Hanford Brook / Salina / Salt Springs / Upham /
Upper Salt Springs / Upperton
Havelock 349.231,061 Anagance Ridge / Canaan Road / Cornhill / Cornhill East / Cosman Settlement / Creek Road /
Dubee Settlement / Havelock / Knightville / Lower Ridge / Mannhurst / Perry Settlement / Salem /
Samp Hill / Springhill / Whites Mountain
Greenwich 114.461,058 Browns Corner / Browns Flat / Central Greenwich / Cochrane Corner / Days Corner / Evandale /
Glenwood / Greenwich Hill / Johnson Croft / Lynch Corner / Oak Point /
Upper Greenwich / Victoria Beach
Waterford 221.27469 Cedar Camp / Chambers Settlement / Donegal / Parlee Brook / Urney / Walker Settlement / Waterford
Kars 75.84325 Beulah / Earle Wharf / Kars / Lower Kars / Tennants Cove
Rothesay 7.26325 Quispamsis (town)
Rothesay (town) 		Barsa / Bradley Lake / East Riverside-Kinghurst / Fairvale / Golden Grove / Hillhurst /
Hunter Lake-Upper Hunter Lake Road / Kennebecasis Park / Renforth / Torryburn / Wells
Hammond 244.45251 Devine Corner / Hammond / Hammondvale / Hilldale / Hillsdale / Londonderry / Poodiac

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kings County had a population of 71,184 living in 28,464 of its 30,283 total private dwellings, a change of

Protected areas and attractions

Notable people

Although not everyone in this list was born in Kings County, they all live or have lived in Kings County and have had significant connections to the communities.

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Kings, County [Census division], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada . Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Kings County", Place Names of New Brunswick: Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, retrieved August 13, 2023
  3. 1 2 3 "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Kings, County [Census division], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Select Region 1". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  6. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  7. ↑ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Kings County, New Brunswick



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