Upham Parish, New Brunswick

Upham
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′N 64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kings County
Established	1835
Area[1]
• Land	188.55 km^2 (72.80 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	1,306
• Density	6.9/km^2 (18/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	3.1%
• Dwellings	563
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

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

History

Upham Parish was established in 1835: named for Joshua Upham (1741-1808), a Loyalist officer in the King's American Dragoons, a Harvard law graduate, and a judge of the New Brunswick supreme court in 1784: included Hammond Parish until 1858.

Delineation

Upham Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as:

Communities

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

Barnesville Bloomfield Ridge Clover Hill

Hanford Brook Salina Salt Springs

Upham Upper Salt Springs Upperton

Bodies of water & Islands

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

• Hammond River

Demographics

Population Population trend[2] Census Population Change (%) 2011 N/A 2006 1267 1.1% 2001 1303 2.8% 1996 0.0% 1991 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[3] 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:^[4]

Highways none

Principal Routes Route 111

Secondary Routes: Route 820 Route 860 Route 865

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Upham Parish, New Brunswick
2. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
3. Profile: Upham Parish, New Brunswick
4. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

Coordinates: 45°30′47″N 65°39′30″W / 45.513144°N 65.658331°W