Country Canada Established 1786 Population 1,652 (2011) | County Kings County Time zone AST (UTC-4) Province New Brunswick | |
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Springfield is a Canadian parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.
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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
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(Text) CC BY-SA