Hampstead Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Hampstead |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1786 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 212.39 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 288 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1.4 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 4.0% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 167 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 45.84°N -64.59°W |
Hampstead is a geographic parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between CFB Gagetown and the local service district of Hampstead,[3] which was a member of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11). The Saint John River islands are not part of the local service district.
Origin of name
The parish was probably named for Hempstead, New York,[4] source of some of the Loyalist settlers of the parish.
History
Hampstead was erected in 1786 as one of the county's original parishes.[5]
In 1838 the rear of the parish was included in the newly erected Petersville Parish.[6]
In 1895 the eastern half of Long Island was transferred to Wickham Parish.[7]
New Brunswick's last surviving African Canadian community, Elm Hill, was established here in 1806.
Boundaries
Hampstead Parish is bounded[2] [8] [9] [10]
- on the east by the Saint John River;
- on the southeast by the Kings County line;
- on the southwest and northwest within CFB Gagetown by a line at the end of Olinville Road and running[11] along Yorkshire Road to the northwestern line of a grant to John Short, east of the junction with the road to Vincent, then northeasterly and northwesterly along grants belonging to Sylvanus Haviland, James Corbett, and Henry Appleby to the Lawfield Road, then northeasterly along Lawfield Road to the southernmost corner of a grant to Thomas T. Hewlett at the corner of Kerr Road, meeting a line running south 52º west, from the southwestern corner of a grant to Nathaniel Jarvis, then following the line out of CFB Gagetown;
- on the north by the southern line of the Jarvis grant, part of which forms the southern boundary of the village of Gagetown;
- including Spoon Island, Upper Musquash Island, and the western half of Long Island.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a community expropriated for CFB Gagetown
- Central Hampstead
- Dunns Corner
- Elm Hill
- Hamilton Mountain
- Hampstead
- Hibernia
- Inchby
- Lower Gagetown
- McAlpines
- New Jerusalem
- Pleasant Villa
- Quarries
- Queenstown
- Summer Hill
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[12] at least partly in the parish:
- Little River
- Saint John River
- Palmer Creek
- Fanning Lake
- Rabbit Lake
- Long Island Lake
- Otnabog Lake
Islands
Islands in the parish:
- Long Island
- Spoon Island
- Upper Musquash Island
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish.
Demographics
Population
Population trend,[13] [14] 2021
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2021 | 288 | 4% |
| 2016 | 277 | 5.8% |
| 2011 | 294 | 5.7% |
| 2006 | 278 | 10.9% |
| 2001 | 312 | 5.4% |
| 1996 | 296 | 12.7% |
| 1991 | 339 | N/A | |
Language
Mother tongue language (2021)2021
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| French only | 15 | 5.2% |
| English only | 265 | 91.4% |
| Other languages | 10 | 3.4% | |
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[15]
See also
References
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Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act . Government of New Brunswick . 13 November 2020.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 19 July 2020.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 239 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, passed in the year 1786.. 20 March 2021. 1786. Government of New Brunswick. Saint John, New Brunswick. 3–12. 26 Geo. III Chapter I. An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1838.. 27 March 2021. 1838. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 78. 1 Vic. c. 35 An Act to erect a part of the Parishes of Gagetown and Hampstead, in Queen's County, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April, 1894.. 1894. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 160–161. 57 Vic. c. 35 An Act to change the boundaries of the Parishes of Wickham and Hampstead, in the County of Queen's.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Web site: No. 138 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 139, 148, and 149 at same site.
- Web site: 412 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 429, 430, 444, and 445 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 19 June 2021.
- Roads still appear on cadastral maps but not in highway mapbooks; because the old roads and grants are used in the Territorial Division Act they're used here.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Hampstead, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . August 27, 2019.
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
