Hillsborough Parish, New Brunswick
Hillsborough is a Canadian parish in Albert County, New Brunswick.[2]
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Location within Albert County. | |
Coordinates: 45.92°N 64.70°W | |
Country | |
Province | |
County | Albert County |
Established | 1786 |
Area | |
• Land | 304.05 km2 (117.39 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 1,308 |
• Density | 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi) |
• Pop 2011-2016 | |
• Dwellings | 649 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
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 was 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 west 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).
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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
- Petitcodiac River
- Grays Island
- Stoney Creek
Demographics
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[7]
See also
References
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Hillsborough, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
- New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Hillsborough Parish
- "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- New Brunswick Provincial Archives, Government of New Brunswick.
- Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
- 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Hillsborough Parish, New Brunswick
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7