Norton Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the community, see Norton, New Brunswick.

Norton Parish
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′N64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W / 45.84; -64.59
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Queens County
Erected	1795
Area [1]
• Land	144.77 km2 (55.90 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	1,325
• Density	9.2/km2 (24/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	1.8%
• Dwellings	550
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portions within the town of Hampton and the village of Norton

Norton is a geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it was divided between the town of Hampton, ^[3] the village of Norton, ^[3] and the local service district of the parish of Norton, ^[4] all of which were members of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8). ^[5]

Origin of name

Norton may have been named for Norton, Massachusetts, near Taunton, which was the original home of many of the first settlers to this area.

Notable is that the names of Kings County's pre-1800 parishes all occur in both New Jersey and North Carolina. ^[6]

History

Norton was erected in 1795 ^[7] from Sussex Parish and Kingston Parish.

In 1844 the boundary with Kingston was adjusted. ^[8]

Writer Emily Elizabeth Shaw Beavan worked in the parish as a young teacher. ^[9]

Boundaries

Norton Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [10] [11] [12]}

• on the west and northwest by a line beginning at the northern bank of the Kennebecasis River, on the western line of a grant to Freedom Burdock, then running northwesterly along the grant line to its westernmost corner, about 150 metres southwest of the Ketchum Road, then northeasterly along the rear line of grants along the Kennebecasis River, including a dogleg away from the river, until it reaches the northernmost corner of a grant to John & Peter Cable, about 1.3 kilometres northeast of Route 845 and near the northern bank of Pickwauket Brook, then northwesterly to the Rogers Road at a point 65 chains (1.3 kilometres) inland of and parallel to the rear line of a tier of grants on the south side of Belleisle Bay, then running northeasterly along the parallel and its prolongation until it meets the Studholm Parish line at Route 124;
• on the east by a line running north and south ^{[lower-alpha 1]} from the mouth of Halfway Brook on the Kennebecasis River, as far south as a point about 75 metres south of Byrnes Brook and 300 metres east-northeasterly of the Byrne Road;
• on the south by a line running generally southwesterly following the old Westmorland Road ^{[lower-alpha 2]} past the Passekeag Road, then northwesterly along the prolongation of the southwestern line and then the line of a grant to John Fritch on the southern side of the Kennebecasis River, then southwesterly along the river to the starting point.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; ^{[10] [11] [12]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

Bloomfield (Bloomfield Station) Bloomfield Ridge Central Norton Dickie Mountain Hampton Lower Norton Passekeag Woodpecker Hall

Norton Mercer Settlement Midland Peekaboo Corner Southfield Road Upper Midland

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 3]} at least partly in the parish: ^{[10] [11] [12]}

• Kennebecasis River
• Moosehorn Creek
• Passekeag Creek
• McManus Lake

Demographics

Parish population total does not include Hampton and the village of Norton

Population Population trend [14] [15] [16] Census Population Change (%) 2016 1,301 0.4% 2011 1,296 7.2% 2006 1,209 1.1% 2001 1,222 0.0%

Language Mother tongue (2016) [16] Language Population Pct (%) French only 35 2.7% English only 1,240 95.4% Both English and French 5 0.4% Other languages 20 1.5%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[17]

Highways none

Principal Routes Route 121 Route 124

Secondary Routes: Route 855 Route 865

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. By the magnet of 1795, ^[7] when declination in the area was between 15º and 16º west of north. ^[13]
2. The old Westmorland Road was discontinued so long ago that it does not appear on the province's cadastral grant maps.
3. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

1. "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
3. "New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
4. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
5. "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
6. "Domestic Names". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
7. "35 Geo. III c. 3 An Act in addition to an Act intitled, '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 1795. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1795. pp. 338–340. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
8. "7 Vic. c. 24 An Act to alter the Division Line between the Parishes of Kingston and Norton, in King's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1844. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1844. p. 24. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
9. "SHAW, EMILY ELIZABETH". Home – Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
10. "No. 140". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 149 and 150 at same site.
11. "414" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 431, 432, 446, and 447 at same site.
12. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
13. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
14. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
15. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Norton Parish, New Brunswick
16. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Norton, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
17. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7

45°36′26″N65°42′53″W / 45.607193°N 65.714808°W / 45.607193; -65.714808 (Norton Parish, New Brunswick)