Hampton Parish, New Brunswick
Hampton is a civil parish[lower-alpha 1] in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the towns of Hampton and Quispamsis and then local service district of the parish of Hampton, which further includes the service area of Fairmont Subdivision.
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Location within Kings County, New Brunswick. | |
Coordinates: 45.84°N 64.59°W | |
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Province | |
County | Kings County |
Established | 1795 |
Area | |
• Land | 121.26 km2 (46.82 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 2,809 |
• Density | 23.2/km2 (60/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | |
• Dwellings | 1,157 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
History
Hampton Parish was created in 1795 from Sussex Parish and Kingston Parish, possibly named for the town of Hampton near London, England. It originally included Upham Parish until 1835 and Rothesay Parish until 1870.
Delineation
Hampton Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[2] as being bounded:
- Northwest by the County line; northeast by Bright Parish; southeast by Queensbury Parish; and south by the Saint John River.
Communities
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold).
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Bodies of water & Islands
This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish
Demographics
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[5]
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See also
Notes
- Civil parishes served a variety of government functions until 1966, when the new Municipalities Act stripped them of their responsibilities; they continue to provide convenient boundaries for government uses, especially electoral districts and local service districts. Statistics Canada uses civil parishes as census subdivisions for all parts of the province that are not within municipalities and similar entities.
References
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census Hampton, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- Statistics Canada: 2006 census
- 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Hampton Parish, New Brunswick
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7