Country Canada Established 1838 Population 723 (2011) | County Queens County Time zone AST (UTC-4) Province New Brunswick | |
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Petersville is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.
Contents
- Map of Petersville NB Canada
- History
- Delineation
- Communities
- Bodies of water Islands
- Access Routes
- References
Map of Petersville, NB, Canada
History
Greenwich Parish erected from Hampstead Parish and Gagetown Parish in 1838: named for Henry Peters, speaker of the New Brunswick house of the Assembly.
Delineation
Petersville Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:
Being all that part of the County southwest of a line beginning where the road from Jones’ mill crosses the County line; thence northerly along the said road to the northwest line of lot number one, granted to John Short; thence northeasterly along the same to the northeast line of lot number five, granted to Sylvanus Haviland; thence northwesterly along the same and its northwestern prolongation to the southeast line of lands granted to James Corbett; thence northeasterly along the same to the southwest line of the grant to Henry Appleby; thence northwesterly along the same to the Gagetown Road; thence northeasterly along the same to the northeast line of lot number twenty-five, granted to T.T. Hewlett, and thence northwesterly along the same and its northwestern prolongation to the Sunbury County line.Communities
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold).
Bodies of water & Islands
This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish:
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:
References
Petersville Parish, New Brunswick Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA