Johnston Parish, New Brunswick
Johnston Parish is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.
Johnston | |
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![]() Location within Queens County, New Brunswick. | |
Coordinates: 45.84°N 64.59°W | |
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County | Queens County |
Established | 1839 |
Area | |
• Land | 359.32 km2 (138.73 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 560 |
• Density | 1.6/km2 (4/sq mi) |
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• Dwellings | 392 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
History
Johnston Parish was established in 1839 from Wickham Parish, and was named for Hugh Johnston (1790-1850), who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. His father, Hugh Johnston (1756-1829), was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly.
Delineation
Johnston Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[2] as being bounded:
- Southwest by Wickham and Cambridge Parishes; northwest by the prolongation of a line running north fifty-four degrees east by the magnet of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, from the west angle of the grant to Samuel Hughes, at Lower Cambridge; east by the east line of lot number eleven, granted to A.C. Starrit, on the north side of the Canaan River above Coles Island and its northern and southern prolongation, and southeast by the County line.
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]
See also
References
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census Johnston, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
- 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Johnston Parish, New Brunswick
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7
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