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Springfield Parish, New Brunswick

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Country
  
Canada

Established
  
1786

Population
  
1,652 (2011)

County
  
Kings County

Time zone
  
AST (UTC-4)

Province
  
New Brunswick

Springfield Parish, New Brunswick

Springfield is a Canadian parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.

Contents

Its population in the 2011 Census was 1,652.

History

Brunswick Parish established in 1786: probably named for the town of Springfield in New Jersey or for the town of Springfield in Massachusetts: included parts of Studholm Parish and Havelock Parish until 1840.

Delineation

Springfield Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:

North by the County line and Kars Parish; west by Kars Parish and the line dividing lots number one and number eighteen, south of Belleisle Bay, and a part of the line dividing lots number fifteen and number sixteen, in the back settlement; south by a line running north sixty degrees east or parallel to the southern base line of the Belleisle Grant, and distant sixty-five chains therefrom, and extending to its intersection with a line running north from the mouth of Halfway Brook and east by a direct line from said intersection to the southeast angle of lot number eleven, granted to Henry A. Scovil in range two of Pascobac Brook lots, thence northeasterly, or in a direct line to the northeast angle of lot letter F, granted to Samuel Foster; thence northeasterly and northerly along the southeastern and eastern line of lot letter V, granted to William S. F. Wilson, to the northeastern angle thereof; thence northeasterly along the southeastern lines of the grant to John Coy and John Good, to a point intersected by the southeastern prolongation of the northeastern line of lot number one, granted to Samuel Kierstead; thence along said prolongation and line and its northwestern prolongation to Queens 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

  • None
  • Population

    Population trend

    Access Routes

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

    References

    Springfield Parish, New Brunswick Wikipedia