Norton Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Norton Parish |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1795 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 144.77 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,325 |
| Population Density Km2: | 9.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 1.8% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 550 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 45.84°N -64.59°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portions within the town of Hampton and the village of Norton |
Norton is a geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it was divided between the town of Hampton,[3] the village of Norton, and the local service district of the parish of Norton,[4] all of which were members of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8).
Origin of name
Norton may have been named for Norton, Massachusetts, near Taunton, which was the original home of many of the first settlers to this area.
Notable is that the names of Kings County's pre-1800 parishes all occur in both New Jersey and North Carolina.[5]
History
Norton was erected in 1795[6] from Sussex Parish and Kingston Parish.
In 1844 the boundary with Kingston was adjusted.[7]
Writer Emily Elizabeth Shaw Beavan worked in the parish as a young teacher.[8]
Boundaries
Norton Parish is bounded:[9] [10] [11]
- on the west and northwest by a line beginning at the northern bank of the Kennebecasis River, on the western line of a grant to Freedom Burdock, then running northwesterly along the grant line to its westernmost corner, about 150 metres southwest of the Ketchum Road, then northeasterly along the rear line of grants along the Kennebecasis River, including a dogleg away from the river, until it reaches the northernmost corner of a grant to John & Peter Cable, about 1.3 kilometres northeast of Route 845 and near the northern bank of Pickwauket Brook, then northwesterly to the Rogers Road at a point 65 chains (1.3 kilometres) inland of and parallel to the rear line of a tier of grants on the south side of Belleisle Bay, then running northeasterly along the parallel and its prolongation until it meets the Studholm Parish line at Route 124;
- on the east by a line running north and south from the mouth of Halfway Brook on the Kennebecasis River, as far south as a point about 75 metres south of Byrnes Brook and 300 metres east-northeasterly of the Byrne Road;
- on the south by a line running generally southwesterly following the old Westmorland Road[12] past the Passekeag Road, then northwesterly along the prolongation of the southwestern line and then the line of a grant to John Fritch on the southern side of the Kennebecasis River, then southwesterly along the river to the starting point.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
- Norton
- Mercer Settlement
- Midland
- Peekaboo Corner
- Southfield Road
- Upper Midland
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[13] at least partly in the parish:
Demographics
Parish population total does not include Hampton and the village of Norton
Population
Population trend[14] [15]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 1,301 | 0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,296 | 7.2% |
| 2006 | 1,209 | 1.1% |
| 2001 | 1,222 | 0.0% | - | 1996 | | 0.0% |
| 1991 | | N/A --> | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[15]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| French only | 35 | 2.7% |
| English only | 1,240 | 95.4% |
| Both English and French | 5 | 0.4% |
| Other languages | 20 | 1.5% | |
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[16]
See also
References
45.6072°N -65.7148°W
Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 30 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 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45) . Government of New Brunswick . 19 July 2020.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 19 July 2020.
- Web site: Domestic Names . U.S. Geological Survey . 17 April 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1795.. 27 March 2021. 1795. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 338–340. 35 Geo. III c. 3 An Act in addition to an Act intitled, '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 1844.. 27 March 2021. 1844. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 24. 7 Vic. c. 24 An Act to alter the Division Line between the Parishes of Kingston and Norton, in King's County..
- Web site: SHAW, EMILY ELIZABETH. Home – Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 2019-09-25 . 2019-09-25.
- Web site: No. 140 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 149 and 150 at same site.
- Web site: 414 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 431, 432, 446, and 447 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 14 June 2021.
- The old Westmorland Road was discontinued so long ago that it does not appear on the province's cadastral grant maps.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Norton, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . August 30, 2019.
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
