Kings County, New Brunswick

Kings
County
Location within New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
Established	1785
Electoral Districts      Federal	Fundy Royal / New Brunswick Southwest
Area[1]
• Land	3,483.40 km^2 (1,344.95 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	69,665
• Density	20.0/km^2 (52/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.8%
• Dwellings	28,684
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)
Area code(s)	506

Kings County (2011 population 69,665) is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada. Its historical shire town is Hampton.

Both the Saint John and Kennebecasis rivers pass through the county.

Dairy farming is an important industry in the area. On March 18, 2004, at the 48th annual World Cheese and Butter Championships in Madison, Wisconsin, Dairytown Products, a company from Sussex, won first prize for butter, besting 37 entries from the USA, France, Switzerland, Ireland, Denmark and other countries from around the world.

Approximately half of the Kings County population lives in suburbs of the nearby city of Saint John.

Census subdivisions

Communities

There are seven incorporated municipalities within Kings County (listed by 2011 population):^[1]

Official Name	Designation	Area km^2	Population	Parish
Quispamsis	Town	57.06	17,886	Rothesay
Rothesay	Town	34.73	11,947	Rothesay
Grand Bay-Westfield	Town	59.73	5,117	Westfield
Sussex	Town	9.03	4,312	Sussex
Hampton	Town	21.00	4,292	Hampton
Sussex Corner	Village	9.43	1,495	Sussex
Norton	Village	75.35	1,301	Norton

Parishes

The county is subdivided into fifteen parishes (listed by 2011 population):^[1]

Official Name	Area km^2	Population	Incorporated municipalities	Unincorporated communities
Studholm	449.43	3,612		Berwick / Carsonville / Centreville / Collina / Fox Hill / Gibbon / Gibbon Mountain / Head of Millstream / Jordan Mountain / Kierstead Mountain / Kings / Lower Millstream / Marrtown / McGregor Brook / Mount Hebron / Mount Middleton / Mount Pisgah / Newtown / Parleeville / Pearsonville / Pleasant Ridge / Plumweseep / Prescott Hill / Roachville / Sharps Hill / Smiths Creek / Snider Mountain / Studholm / Summerfield / Thompson Corner
Kingston	200.63	2,952		Bedford / Centreton / Chapel Grove / Clifton Royal / East Riverside-Kinghurst / Elmhurst / Erbs Cove / Grays Mills / Grey Mills / Kingston / Kingston Corner / Kingston Creek / Long Reach / Lower Kingston / Moss Glen / Perry Point / Renforth / Shampers / The Cedars / Waltons Lake / Whitehead / Whites Mills
Hampton	121.39	2,734	Hampton (town)	Bonney Road / Damascus / Darlings Island / French Village / Hampton / Lakeside / Mount Prospect / Nauwigewauk / Smithtown / Titusville
Sussex	244.27	2,529	Sussex (town) Sussex Corner (village)	Apohaqui / Campbell Settlement / Cassidy Lake / Drurys Cove / Dutch Valley / Erb Settlement / Hazel Hill / Jeffries Corner / Lisson Settlement / Lower Cove / Markhamville / McCain Settlement / Millbrook / New Line Road / Ratter Corner / Riverbank / Rockville / Southfield / Upper Wards Creek / Vinegar Hill / Wards Creek
Westfield	295.50	2,108	Grand Bay-Westfield (town)	Bayswater / Carters Point / Cheyne Settlement / Days Landing / Hardings Point / Keatings Corner / Lands End / Milkish / Morrisdale / Public Landing / Sand Point / Summerville / Woodmans Point
Springfield	248.22	1,652		Belleisle Creek / Bull Moose Hill / East Scotch Settlement / Elm Brook / Hatfield Point / Irish Settlement / Joliffs Brook / Keirsteadville / Long Point / Lower Midland / Midland / Northrups Corner / Pascobac / Searsville / Springfield / Stewarton / The Grant / Upper Belleisle / Upper Midland / West Scotch Settlement
Cardwell	311.72	1,414		Anagance / Buckley Settlement / Cardwell / Crockets Corner / Dunsinane / Five Points / Harper Settlement / Lindys / McCully / Mechanic Settlement / Penobsquis / Picadilly / Portage Vale / South Branch / Springdale / Upper Goshen
Upham	188.55	1,306		Barnesville / Bloomfield Ridge / Clover Hill / Hanford Brook / Salina / Salt Springs / Upham / Upper Salt Springs / Upperton
Norton	144.62	1,296	Norton (village)	Bloomfield / Central Norton / Guthrie Road / Ketchum Road / Passekeag / Woodpecker Hall
Havelock	349.34	1,158		Anagance Ridge / Canaan Road / Cornhill / Cornhill East / Cosman Settlement / Creek Road / Dubee Settlement / Havelock / Knightville / Lower Ridge / Mannhurst / Perry Settlement / Salem / Samp Hill / Springhill / Whites Mountain
Greenwich	114.38	1,047		Browns Corner / Browns Flat / Central Greenwich / Cochrane Corner / Days Corner / Evandale / Glenwood / Greenwich Hill / Johnson Croft / Lynch Corner / Oak Point / Upper Greenwich / Victoria Beach
Waterford	221.12	458		Cedar Camp / Chambers Settlement / Donegal / Parlee Brook / Urney / Walker Settlement / Waterford
Kars	75.96	407		Beulah / Earle Wharf / Kars / Lower Kars / Tennants Cove
Rothesay	7.31	347	Quispamsis (town) Rothesay (town)	Barsa / Bradley Lake / East Riverside-Kinghurst / Fairvale / Golden Grove / Hillhurst / Hunter Lake-Upper Hunter Lake Road / Kennebecasis Park / Renforth / Torryburn / Wells
Hammond	244.45	295		Devine Corner / Hammond / Hammondvale / Hilldale / Hillsdale / Londonderry / Poodiac

Demographics

Population trend[2] Census Population Change (%) 2011 69,665 5.8% 2006 65,824 2.5% 2001 64,208 0.8% 1996 64,724 4.2% 1991 62,122 N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)[3] Language Population Pct (%) English only 61,970 94.65% French only 2,120 3.24% Other languages 1,215 1.85% Both English and French 170 0.26%

Protected areas and attractions

Notable people

See also

• List of communities in New Brunswick
• Royal eponyms in Canada

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Kings County, New Brunswick
2. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
3. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Kings County, New Brunswick

External links

• Kings County Guide

Coordinates: 45°39′37.5″N 65°47′23.4″W / 45.660417°N 65.789833°W