Springfield Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Springfield |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1786 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 248.53 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,641 |
| Population Density Km2: | 6.6 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 7.6% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 797 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 45.84°N -64.59°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portion within the village of Norton |
Springfield is a geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it was divided for governance purposes between the village of Norton[3] and the local service district of the parish of Norton,[4] both of which were members of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8).
Origin of name
The name was common[5] in the Thirteen Colonies, now famously found at least once in every state of the United States.
Notable is that the names of Kings County's pre-1800 parishes all occur in both New Jersey and North Carolina.[6]
History
Springfield was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of the county.[7]
In 1795 the boundaries were altered as part of the reorganisation of Kings County parishes.[8]
In 1860 part of the parish was included in the newly erected Kars Parish.[9]
In 1880 the boundary with Studholm was altered.[10]
In 1896 the southern boundary was altered.[11]
In 1899 the boundary was again altered.[12]
Boundaries
Springfield Parish is bounded:[13] [14] [15]
- on the northwest by the Queens County line;
- on the northeast and east by a line beginning on the county line about 2.5 kilometres southwest of the Pearsonville Road, then southeasterly along the prolongation of the northeastern line of a grant southeast of Route 870 and southwest of the Collina Road, to a point about 1.6 kilometres past Route 870, then southwesterly along grant lines before a switchback easterly to a point about 450 metres northeast of the mouth of Snyder Brook, then southwesterly to the southeastern corner of a grant to Henry A. Scovil, about 150 metres northeasterly of a curve in the O'Neill Road, then southerly about 1.35 kilometres past Route 875 and about 450 metres north of Parleeville Road;
- on the southeast by a line running south 60º west, 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, to point about 350 metres northeast of Route 845 and about 450 metres northwest of Rogers Road, on the southwestern line of a grant to Jeremiah Maybe;
- on the west by grant lines beginning on the southwestern line of Jeremiah Maybe, then northwesterly to the northwestern corner of the Maybe grant, then northeasterly about 275 metres to the southwestern corner of the William Roden grant on the southern side of Belleisle Bay, then northerly to Belleisle Bay and northeasterly across the bay to the Kars Parish line, about 450 metres east of the eastern end of Coreyvale Road, then northwesterly along three grant lines, with two short doglegs, to the Queens County line at a point about 900 metres northeast of the ends of Bond Road and McCrea Road.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[16] at least partly in the parish:
Demographics
Parish population total does not include the village of Norton
Population
Population trend[17] [18]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 1,525 | 7.7% |
| 2011 | 1,652 | 5.1% |
| 2006 | 1,572 | 3.2% |
| 2001 | 1,523 | 0.0% |
| 1996 | | 0.0% |
| 1991 | | N/A | |
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[19]
See also
References
47.4157°N -65.4213°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.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 273 . 17 March 2021.
- 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 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 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 March and April 1859.. 27 March 2021. 1859. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 129–130. 22 Vic. c. 51 An Act to erect parts of the Parishes of Greenwich and Springfield, in King's County, into a separate Town or Parish..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1880.. 1880. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 79–80. 43 Vic. c. 39 An Act to alter the Division Line between the Parishes of Springfield and Studholm, in King's County.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March, 1896.. 1896. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 86–123. 59 Vic. c. 8 An Act to Revise and Codify an Act to Provide for the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March and April, 1899.. 1899. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 163–164. 62 Vic. c. 33 An Act to amend an Act intituled 'An Act to revise and codify an Act to provide for the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes,' and to better define the bounds of the Parish of Springfield and the Parish of Saint Croix.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Web site: No. 139 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 140, 149, and 150 at same site.
- Web site: 395 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 413, 414, 431, 432, and 446 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 14 June 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Springfield, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . August 28, 2019.
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
