Sussex Parish, New Brunswick

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

Sussex
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	1786
Area [1]
• Land	243.99 km2 (94.21 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	2,579
• Density	10.6/km2 (27/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	2.5%
• Dwellings	1,094
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portions within the town of Sussex and the village of Sussex Corner

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

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it was divided for governance purposes between the town of Sussex, ^[3] the village of Sussex Corner, ^[3] and the local service district of the parish of Sussex ^[4] (which further included the special service area of Apohaqui), all of which were members of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8). ^[5]

Origin of name

Historian William Francis Ganong noted that Sussex, New Jersey was a Loyalist stronghold and that members of a New Jersey regiment settled in the area. ^[6] The fact that the names of the four original parishes and two 1795 parishes of Kings County are all found in New Jersey is also mentioned.

The Duke of Sussex origin noted elsewhere ^{[7] [8]} is problematic, as he didn't hold that title until 1801.

Notable is that the names of Kings County's pre-1800 parishes all occur in both New Jersey and North Carolina. ^[9]

History

Sussex was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of the county, ^[10] stretching from Kennebecasis Bay to the eastern line of the county, which then was north of St. Martins.

In 1787 a large area was added to Sussex when the county's eastern boundary was moved significantly eastward to run due north and south from the portage between the Petitcodiac and Kennebecasis Rivers. ^[11]

In the 1795 reorganisation of the county the western part of Sussex formed the bulk of Hampton Parish. ^[12] By this time Sussex included Cardwell, Havelock, Studholm, and Waterford Parishes.

In 1837 the eastern boundary of the county was altered, adding area to the southeastern corner of Sussex and removing it from the northeastern corner. ^[13]

In 1840 Studholm was erected as its own parish, ^[14] including Havelock.

In 1874 Cardwell and Waterford became parishes. ^[15]

In 1875 the boundary with Hammond Parish was altered. ^[16]

Boundaries

Sussex Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [17] [18]}

• on the north by the Kennebecasis River;
• on the east by a line beginning at the Kennebecasis River, about one kilometre east of Plumweseep Road and about 900 metres north-northwesterly of Route 114, then running south-southeasterly along the prolongation of the eastern line of a large grant to Elias Snyder on the north side of Trout Creek, the line being about 75 metres east of the end of Taverner Road, to Trout Creek, then downstream about 500 metres to the eastern line of a grant to Cornelius Parlee, then south-southeasterly to the southern line of the parish about one kilometre east of the Londonderry Road;
• on the south by a line running westerly from a point in Waterford Parish about 450 metres south of the southern tip of Walton Lake and about 150 metres west of the Creek Road to a point about 825 metres north of Cassidy Lake near its western end, then westerly to a point about 75 metres south of Byrnes Brook and 300 metres east-northeasterly of the Byrne Road;
• on the west by a line running north ^{[lower-alpha 1]} from the southern line of the parish to a point on the Kennebecasis River opposite the mouth of Halfway Brook.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[17] [18] [20]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality

• Apohaqui
• Campbell Settlement
• Drurys Cove
• Erb Settlement
• Jeffries Corner
• Lisson Settlement
• Lower Cove
• Markhamville
• McCain Settlement
• New Line Road
• Poodiac
• Ratter Corner
• Riverbank
• Rockville
• Southfield
• Sussex
• Sussex Corner
  • Dutch Valley
• Upper Wards Creek
• Vinegar Hill
• Wards Creek

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 2]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[17] [18] [20]}

• Hammond River
• Kennebecasis River
• Trout Creek
• Wards Creek
• DeCourcey Lake

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[17] [18] [20]}

• Sussex Aerodrome

Demographics

Parish population total does not include the municipalities of Sussex and Sussex Corner

Population Population trend [21] [22] [23] Census Population Change (%) 2016 2,516 0.5% 2011 2,529 4.2% 2006 2,427 5.2% 2001 2,560 0.0%

Language Mother tongue (2016) [23] Language Population Pct (%) English only 2,420 96.2% French only 50 2.0% Both English and French 10 0.4% Other languages 35 1.4%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[24]

Highways Route 1 Route 10

Principal Routes Route 111 Route 114 Route 121

Secondary Routes: Route 865 Route 880 Route 890

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. By the magnet of 1795, ^[12] when declination in the area was between 15º and 16º west of north. ^[19]
2. 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. Ganong, William F. (1906). Additions and Corrections to Monographs on the Place-Nomenclature, Cartography, Historic Sites, Boundaries and Settlement-origins of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 49. Retrieved 12 April 2021. Continued on Page 50, which has a similar URL.
7. 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.
8. "Sussex Parish". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
9. "Domestic Names". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
10. "26 Geo. III Chapter I. 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 1786. Saint John, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 1786. pp. 3–12. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
11. "27 Geo. III Chapter VII. An Act in Addition to 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 1787. Saint John, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 1787. p. 147. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
12. "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.
13. "7 Wm. IV c. 35 An Act to establish a Boundary Line between the Counties of Westmorland and Saint John, and King's and Queen's Counties.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1837. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1837. pp. 91–92. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
14. "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.
15. "37 Vic. c. 42 An Act to erect separate Parishes out of part of the Parish of Sussex, in King's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1874. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1874. pp. 119–121. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
16. "38 Vic. c. 114 An Act to establish the division line between the Parish of Hammond and the Parishes of Sussex and Waterford, in King's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1875. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1875. pp. 388–389. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
17. "No. 140". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 141, 150, and 151 at same site.
18. "414" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 415, 432–434, and 447–449 at same site.
19. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
20. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
21. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
22. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Sussex Parish, New Brunswick
23. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Sussex, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
24. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7

45°41′10″N65°30′27″W / 45.686036°N 65.507612°W / 45.686036; -65.507612 (Sussex Parish, New Brunswick)