Norton Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the parish. For the village, see Norton, New Brunswick.
Norton
Parish

Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′N 64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W / 45.84; -64.59
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Queens County
Established 1795
Area[1]
 • Land 144.62 km2 (55.84 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 1,296
 • Density 9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 7.2%
 • Dwellings 502
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Norton is a Canadian parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.

History

Norton Parish was created in 1795 from Sussex Parish and Kingston Parish: possibly named for Norton, near Taunton, in southern Massachusetts, which was the original home of many of the first settlers to this area.

Delineation

Norton Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[2] as being bounded:

East by Sussex and Studholm Parishes; north by Kingston and Springfield Parishes; south by the Kennebecasis River and the centre of the old Westmorland Road,[lower-alpha 1] and west by Kingston Parish and the lower line of lot number fourteen, granted to John Fritch, prolonged southeasterly.

Communities

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

  • Bloomfield
  • Central Norton
  • Guthrie Road
  • Ketchum Road
  • Norton
  • Passekeag
  • Woodpecker Hall

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

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2011 N/A
2006 1209 Increase1.1%
2001 1222 Increase0.0%
1996 Decrease0.0%
1991 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[5]

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:[6]

  • Highways
    • none

  • External Routes:
    • None

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The old Westmorland Road no longer appears on provincial highway maps.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Norton Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "No. 447" (PDF). 2015 Designated Highway Maps. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  5. ↑ Profile: Norton Parish, New Brunswick
  6. ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7


 Springfield Parish Studholm Parish
Kingston Parish Sussex Parish
   Norton Parish  
Hampton Parish Upham Parish


Coordinates: 45°36′26″N 65°42′53″W / 45.607193°N 65.714808°W / 45.607193; -65.714808 (Norton Parish, New Brunswick)

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