Kingston, New Brunswick

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Kingston
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Kingston
Location of Kingston in New Brunswick
Coordinates: 45°30′09″N65°58′31″W / 45.50250°N 65.97528°W / 45.50250; -65.97528
CountryCanada
Province New Brunswick
County Kings
Parish Kingston
Settled1783
Government
  MP Rob Moore
  Provincial Representative Bill Oliver
Time zone UTC-4 (Atlantic (AST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)
GNBC codeDALRC

Kingston is an unincorporated rural community in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. The village centre is located at the intersection of New Brunswick Routes 845 and 850. The square features a school, church, and a general store built in 1788. The Macdonald Consolidated School also houses a museum. There is also a farmers market in Kingston which draws buyers from such areas as Quispamsis and Rothesay, New Brunswick.

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Kingston is home to the Trinity Church, the oldest Anglican church in New Brunswick. [1] [2] [3] Built in 1789, the church as well as its rectory across the street is a National Historic Site of Canada. [4]

History

Located on the Kingston Peninsula, Kingston was first settled in 1783 by Loyalists at the end of the American Revolution. It was previously the shire town for Kings County, before being switched to Hampton. [5]

The Kings County Gaol was once located in the community but it was moved to nearby Hampton one stone at a time. [6] The famous horse thief Henry More Smith once escaped from the jail.

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References

  1. "Trinity, Kingston". nb.anglican.ca. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  2. "Trinity Anglican Church - Kingston". MyNewBrunswick. MyNewBrunswick. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  3. "Trinity, Kingston | Our History | The Anglican Parish of Kingston". parishofkingston.ca. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  4. "HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca". www.historicplaces.ca. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  5. "Loyalist History On the Ground in Kings County, New Brunswick, Part 2 | The Loyalist Collection". loyalist.lib.unb.ca. University of New Brunswick . Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  6. New Brunswick.net