Country Canada Established 1835 Population 9,421 (2011) | County Westmorland County Time zone AST (UTC-4) Province New Brunswick | |
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Moncton is a Canadian parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Contents
Map of Moncton, NB, Canada
History
The parish was established in 1765 as Monckton Township in the province of Nova Scotia and named for Robert Monckton (1726-1782), who was a distinguished soldier and civil servant: established as Moncton Parish in New Brunswick in 1786: part of the Parish of Dorchester was annexed by Moncton Parish in 1835.
Delineation
Moncton Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:
East by Shediac Parish; north by the County line, west by that part of the east line of the grant to Martin Gay and associates, which lies north of Petitcodiac River; and the northerly prolongation thereof, to the County line; southerly by the Petitcodiac River and Dorchester Parish.Communities
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold).
Access routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:
References
Moncton Parish, New Brunswick Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA