Hillsborough Parish, New Brunswick

Hillsborough
Parish

Location within Albert County.
Coordinates: 45°55′N 64°42′W / 45.92°N 64.70°W / 45.92; -64.70Coordinates: 45°55′N 64°42′W / 45.92°N 64.70°W / 45.92; -64.70
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Albert County
Established 1786
Area[1]
 • Land 303.73 km2 (117.27 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 1,395
 • Density 4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 5.3%
 • Dwellings 630
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Hillsborough is a Canadian parish in Albert County, New Brunswick.[2]

Delineation

Hillsborough Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] as being bounded:

South and west by the south line of lot numbered seventeen, granted to William Carlisle and its prolongation westerly to the distance of twelve miles from The Petitcodiac River; thence by a line running north twenty degrees west by the magnet of the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five to Coverdale Parish; north by Coverdale Parish; and east by the Petitcodiac River.

History

Albert County: established as a Nova Scotian township in 1765 and became part of New Brunswick as the Parish of Hillsborough (Westmorland County) in 1786: named for Wills Hill (1718-1793), Earl of Hillsborough and the lord commissioner of trade and plantations: Hillsborough Parish included Coverdale Parish until 1828

Located on W side of the Petitcodiac River, 2.26 km NW of Surrey: Hillsborough Parish, Albert County: formerly called German Village for Henry Steeves and a group of German settlers who arrived in 1765 from Pennsylvania: renamed with the creation of the post office: PO Hillsborough from 1840: in 1866 Hillsborough was a community with approximately 167 families: Richard E. Steeves was postmaster and David Wallace was a mill owner: the Albert Mining Company was located nearby: in 1871 Hillsborough had a population of 900: in 1898 Hillsborough was a seaport, a port of entry and a settlement on the Salisbury and Hillsborough Railway with 1 post office, 8 stores, 2 hotels, 1 tannery, 1 carriage factory, nearby gypsum mines and a population of 700: Hillsborough was incorporated as a village in 1966[4]

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold).

  • Albert Mines
  • Baltimore
  • Beech Hill
  • Berryton
  • Caledonia Mountain
  • Dawson Settlement

  • Salem
  • Shenstone
  • Steeves Mills
  • Steevescote
  • Weldon

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

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19911,477—    
19961,532+3.7%
20011,474−3.8%
20061,473−0.1%
20111,395−5.3%
[5]

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[6]

Language Population Pct (%)
French only %
English only %
Both English and French 0 0.00%
Other languages 0 0.00%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[7]
  • Principal Routes
    • None

  • External Routes:
    • None

See also

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Hillsborough Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Hillsborough Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives, Government of New Brunswick.
  5. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  6. ↑ Profile: Hillsborough Parish, New Brunswick
  7. ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7


 Havelock Parish Coverdale Parish
Elgin Parish Petitcodiac River
Dorchester Parish (Westmorland County)
   Hillsborough Parish  
Harvey Parish Hopewell Parish


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