McKenzie Corner, New Brunswick

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McKenzie Corner
Location of McKenzie Corner in New Brunswick

McKenzie Corner is a rural community in New Brunswick, Canada. [1] There are two churches in the settlement: McKenzie Corner Baptist Church, [2] [3] [4] which features a cemetery, [5] [6] and St. John's United Church. [7]

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The businessman and politician James Kidd Flemming lived in McKenzie Corner, where he died in 1927. [8]

History

The settlement was once known as McKenzie's Corner [9] and was named after William McKenzie, who settled in 1822. In 1866, McKenzie Corner was a farming settlement with around 140 families present. In 1871, it was a station on the New Brunswick and Canada Railway. In 1898, the population had increased to 150, and there was a post office, a cheese factory and two churches. [10]

The settlement Springbrook, in Hastings County, was once also known under the similar name McKenzie's Corners. [9]

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References

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