Studholm Parish, New Brunswick

Studholm
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	Kings County
Erected	1840
Area [1]
• Land	448.98 km2 (173.35 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	3,527
• Density	7.9/km2 (20/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	0.1%
• Dwellings	1,480
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

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

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it formed the local service district of the parish of Studholm, ^[3] which further included the service area of Lower Millstream. ^[3] The local service district was a member of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8). ^[4]

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of Gilfred Studholme, a Loyalist military commander during the American Revolution, ^[5] who later settled in the area and served on the first Executive Council of New Brunswick.

History

Studholm was erected in 1840 from Sussex Parish. ^[6] It included Havelock Parish.

In 1859 the eastern polling district was erected as Havelock Parish. ^[7]

In 1871 part of Havelock along Windgap Brook was returned to Studholm. ^[8]

Boundaries

Studholm Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [9] [10] [11]}

• on the northwest by the Queens County line;
• on the east by a line beginning at a point on the Queens County line where the prolongation of the Miller Road strikes it, then south-southeasterly along the prolongation, Miller Road, and the southerly prolongation of Miller Road to Windgap Brook, then downstream until it strikes the prolongation of the southwestern line of a grant to James Caruth, which is on the southern bank of Windgap Brook and on the eastern side of Jordan Mountain Road, then southeasterly along the prolongation until it strikes the Cardwell Parish line;
• on the southeast by a line beginning at the northeastern corner of a grant to Jacob Smith, about 975 metres north of the junction of Plumweseep Road and Back Road, then running north 66º east; ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
• on the south by the Kennebecasis River;
• on the west by a line beginning at the mouth of Halfway Brook and running north ^{[lower-alpha 2]} past O'Neill Road to the southwestern corner of a grant to Sarah Scovil that straddles Route 870 east of Upper Belleisle, then turning right and running northeasterly to the northeastern corner of a grant to Samuel Foster north of Searsville, the point being about 975 metres past Snyder Road, then generally northeasterly following the lines of grants to a point about 1.6 kilometres southeast of Route 870, on the prolongation of the northeastern line of a grant to Samuel Kierstead near Collina, then turning 90º and running northwesterly along the prolongation, the grant line on the southeastern side of Route 870, and the prolongation of the line until it strikes the Queens County line about 2.5 kilometres southwest of the Pearsonville Road.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; ^{[9] [10] [11]} italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Apohaqui
• Berwick
• Carsonville
• Centreville
• Collina
• Fox Hill
• Gibbon
• Head of Millstream
• Jordan Mountain
• Kierstead Mountain
• Lower Millstream
• Marrtown
• McGregor Brook
• Mount Hebron
• Mount Middleton
• Mount Pisgah
• Newtown
• Parleeville
• Pearsonville
• Pleasant Ridge
• Plumweseep
• Roachville
• Ryan Corner
• Searsville
• Smiths Creek
• Snider Mountain
• Summerfield
• Thompson Corner

Bodies of water

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

• Kennebecasis River
• Millstream River
• Smiths Creek
• Mud Lake

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Studholm Parish, New Brunswick community profile

	2016	2011
Population	3,522 (-2.5% from 2011)	3,612 (+2.4% from 2006)
Land area	449.37 km2 (173.50 sq mi)	449.43 km2 (173.53 sq mi)
Population density	7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)	8.0/km2 (21/sq mi)
Median age	45.9 (M: 45.6, F: 46.0)	43.0 (M: 42.9, F: 43.0)
Private dwellings	1,481 (total)	1,459 (total)
Median household income	$61,248	$53,700

References: 2016 ^[14] 2011 ^[15] earlier ^{[16] [17]}

Historical Census Data
Studholm Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 3,526 —     1996 3,758 +6.6%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 3,721 −1.0% 2006 3,526 −5.2%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 3,612 +2.4% 2016 3,522 −2.5%
[18] [19]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Studholm Parish, New Brunswick [18]
Census		Total		English				French				English & French				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		3,545		3,425	2.7%	96.61%		45	200.0%	1.27%		15	0.0%	0.42%		60	300.0%	1.69%
2006		3,480		3,335	7.1%	95.83%		15	70.0%	0.43%		15	50.0%	0.43%		115	1,050.0%	3.30%
2001		3,670		3,590	1.0%	97.82%		50	42.9%	1.36%		10	0.0%	0.27%		20	42.9%	0.54%
1996		3,705		3,625	n/a	97.84%		35	n/a	0.94%		10	n/a	0.27%		35	n/a	0.94%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[20]

Highways Route 1 Route 2 (TCH) Route 10

Principal Routes Route 121

Secondary Routes: Route 870 Route 875 Route 880 Route 890

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. By the magnet of 1840, ^[6] when declination in the area was about 18º west of north. ^[12]
2. By the magnet of 1795, ^[13] when declination in the area was between 15º and 16º west of north. ^[12]
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 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. 274. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
6. "3 Vic. c. 30 An Act for erecting a part of the Parish or Township of Sussex, in King's County, into a separate and distinct Parish or Township.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1840. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1840. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
7. "21 Vic. c. 39 An Act to divide the Parish of Studholm into two separate and distinct Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in March and April 1858. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1858. pp. 89–90. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
8. "34 Vic. c. 63 An Act to alter the division line between the Parishes of Studholm and Havelock, in King's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of May 1871. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1871. p. 268. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
9. "No. 129". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 130, 140, 141, and 150 at same site.
10. "375" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 376, 395–397, 414, 415, and 432 at same site.
11. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
12. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
13. "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.
14. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
15. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
16. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
17. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
18. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
19. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Studholm, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
20. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 4, 12

45°50′09″N65°34′28″W / 45.835916°N 65.57456°W / 45.835916; -65.57456 (Studholm Parish, New Brunswick)