Kings County, New Brunswick

Kings
County
Location within New Brunswick
Location within New Brunswick
CountryCanada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
Established1785
Electoral Districts     
Federal
Fundy Royal / New Brunswick Southwest
Area
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 • Land3,482.35 km2 (1,344.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
71,184
 • Density20.4/km2 (53/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
Increase 3.3%
 • Dwellings
30,283
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code506
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Kings County is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada. Its historical shire town is Hampton and it was named as an expression of loyalty to the British Crown.[2] Both the Saint John and Kennebecasis rivers pass through the county.

Approximately half of the Kings County population of 68,941 (as of 2016)[3] lives in suburbs of the nearby city of Saint John.

Census subdivisions

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Communities

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There are seven municipalities within Kings County (listed by 2016 population):[4]

Official name Designation Area km2 Population Parish
Quispamsis Town 57.21 18,245 Rothesay
Rothesay Town 34.72 11,659 Rothesay
Grand Bay-Westfield Town 59.78 4,964 Westfield
Hampton Town 21.09 4,289 Hampton
Sussex Town 8.95 4,282 Sussex
Sussex Corner Village 9.34 1,461 Sussex
Norton Village 75.35 1,382 Norton

Parishes

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The county is subdivided into fifteen parishes (listed by 2016 population):[4]

Official name Area km2 Population Municipalities Unincorporated communities
Studholm 449.37 3,522 Berwick / Carsonville / Centreville / Collina / Fox Hill / Gibbon / Gibbon Mountain / Head of Millstream /
Jordan Mountain / Kierstead Mountain / Kings / Lower Millstream / Marrtown / McGregor Brook /
Mount Hebron / Mount Middleton / Mount Pisgah / Newtown / Parleeville / Pearsonville / Pleasant Ridge /
Plumweseep / Prescott Hill / Roachville / Sharps Hill / Smiths Creek / Snider Mountain / Studholm /
Summerfield / Thompson Corner
Kingston 200.69 2,913 Bedford / Centreton / Chapel Grove / Clifton Royal / East Riverside-Kinghurst / Elmhurst / Erbs Cove /
Grays Mills / Grey Mills / Kingston / Kingston Corner / Kingston Creek / Long Reach / Lower Kingston /
Moss Glen / Perry Point / Renforth / Shampers / The Cedars / Waltons Lake / Whitehead / Whites Mills
Hampton 121.26 2,809 Hampton (town) Bonney Road / Damascus / Darlings Island / French Village / Hampton / Lakeside / Mount Prospect /
Nauwigewauk / Smithtown / Titusville
Sussex 244.02 2,516 Sussex (town)
Sussex Corner (village) 		Apohaqui / Campbell Settlement / Cassidy Lake / Drurys Cove / Dutch Valley / Erb Settlement / Hazel Hill /
Jeffries Corner / Lisson Settlement / Lower Cove / Markhamville / McCain Settlement / Millbrook /
New Line Road / Ratter Corner / Riverbank / Rockville / Southfield / Upper Wards Creek / Vinegar Hill /
Wards Creek
Westfield 295.70 1,962 Grand Bay-Westfield (town) Bayswater / Carters Point / Cheyne Settlement / Days Landing / Hardings Point / Keatings Corner /
Lands End / Milkish / Morrisdale / Nerepis / Public Landing / Sand Point / Summerville / Woodmans Point
Springfield 248.54 1,525 Belleisle Creek / Bull Moose Hill / East Scotch Settlement / Elm Brook / Hatfield Point / Irish Settlement /
Joliffs Brook / Keirsteadville / Long Point / Lower Midland / Midland / Northrups Corner / Pascobac /
Searsville / Springfield / Stewarton / The Grant / Upper Belleisle / Upper Midland / West Scotch Settlement
Cardwell 311.90 1,353 Anagance / Buckley Settlement / Cardwell / Crockets Corner / Dunsinane / Five Points /
Harper Settlement / Lindys / McCully / Mechanic Settlement / Penobsquis / Picadilly / Portage Vale /
South Branch / Springdale / Upper Goshen
Norton 144.76 1,301 Norton (village) Bloomfield / Central Norton / Guthrie Road / Ketchum Road / Passekeag / Woodpecker Hall
Upham 189.22 1,269 Barnesville / Bloomfield Ridge / Clover Hill / Hanford Brook / Salina / Salt Springs / Upham /
Upper Salt Springs / Upperton
Havelock 349.23 1,061 Anagance Ridge / Canaan Road / Cornhill / Cornhill East / Cosman Settlement / Creek Road /
Dubee Settlement / Havelock / Knightville / Lower Ridge / Mannhurst / Perry Settlement / Salem /
Samp Hill / Springhill / Whites Mountain
Greenwich 114.46 1,058 Browns Corner / Browns Flat / Central Greenwich / Cochrane Corner / Days Corner / Evandale /
Glenwood / Greenwich Hill / Johnson Croft / Lynch Corner / Oak Point /
Upper Greenwich / Victoria Beach
Waterford 221.27 469 Cedar Camp / Chambers Settlement / Donegal / Parlee Brook / Urney / Walker Settlement / Waterford
Kars 75.84 325 Beulah / Earle Wharf / Kars / Lower Kars / Tennants Cove
Rothesay 7.26 325 Quispamsis (town)
Rothesay (town) 		Barsa / Bradley Lake / East Riverside-Kinghurst / Fairvale / Golden Grove / Hillhurst /
Hunter Lake-Upper Hunter Lake Road / Kennebecasis Park / Renforth / Torryburn / Wells
Hammond 244.45 251 Devine Corner / Hammond / Hammondvale / Hilldale / Hillsdale / Londonderry / Poodiac

Demographics

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As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kings County had a population of 71,184 living in 28,464 of its 30,283 total private dwellings, a change of 3.3% from its 2016 population of 68,941. With a land area of 3,482.35 km2 (1,344.54 sq mi), it had a population density of 20.4/km2 (52.9/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

Protected areas and attractions

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See also: List of historic places in Kings County, New Brunswick

Notable people

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Although not everyone in this list was born in Kings County, they all live or have lived in Kings County and have had significant connections to the communities.

Name Community Famous for Birth Death Other
Winston Bronnum Sussex Sculptor 1929 1991
Chris Cummings Norton Country music singer 1975
John Peters Humphrey Hampton Lawyer 1905 1995 diplomat, scholar and principal author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Anna Ruth Lang Nauwigewauk Recipient of the Canadian Cross of Valour (1982)
Hugh J. McCormick Kennebecasis Island Speed Skater 1854 1910 World professional speed skater 1890-1892
George McCready Price Havelock Creationist 1870 1963
Anna McNulty Grand Bay-Westfield YouTuber 2002

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Kings, County [Census division], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "Kings County", Place Names of New Brunswick: Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, retrieved August 13, 2023
  3. ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Kings, County [Census division], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Select Region 1". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  5. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  6. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  7. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Kings County, New Brunswick
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