Harcourt, New Brunswick

Harcourt
Weldford
Village
Harcourt

Location of Harcourt in New Brunswick

Coordinates: 46°28′12″N 65°14′45″W / 46.469917°N 65.245744°W / 46.469917; -65.245744
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
County Kent County
Parish Harcourt Parish
Settlement Established 1869
Name changed to Harcourt 1894
Elevation 60.00 m (196.85 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 390
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
  Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)
Canadian Postal code E4T
Area code(s) 506

Harcourt is a Canadian unincorporated community, located in Kent County, New Brunswick. The community is situated in southeastern New Brunswick, Between Moncton and Rogersville. Population, according to Statistics Canada Census 2011, is 390. Average age of population is 50. Harcourt is located around the intersection of Route 116 and Route 126.

Education

Most students go to Harcourt School.[1]

History

A settlement called Weldford was first established on this site in 1869 when the railway was constructed. By 1871 the population was 150. In 1894 the settlement was renamed Harcourt and by 1898 the population had grown to 250 and had become the site of a station on the Intercolonial Railway. Harcourt was a farming and lumbering settlement with 7 stores, 2 hotels, 1 tannery, 1 sawmill, 1 hemlock bark extract factory, 1 carriage factory, 3 churches.[2]

The plane carrying T. Babbitt Parlee crashed near here in 1957.[3]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. Government of New Brunswick Harcourt School.
  2. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
  3. "Missing Plane Found; 3 Dead". The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York). 18 May 1957. p. 2. Retrieved 19 July 2015 via Newspapers.com.

Bordering communities

References

Coordinates: 46°23′48″N 65°11′3″W / 46.39667°N 65.18417°W / 46.39667; -65.18417


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