Greenwich Parish, New Brunswick

Greenwich
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kings County
Established	1786
Area[1]
• Land	114.38 km^2 (44.16 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	1,047
• Density	9.2/km^2 (24/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.4%
• Dwellings	505
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Greenwich is a Canadian parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.^[2]

History

Greenwich Parish set off from Kingston Parish in 1795: possibly named for Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut or for New York City's Greenwich Village.

Delineation

Greenwich Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act^[3] as being bounded:

Northwest by the County line; southwest by Westfield Parish; southeast, east and northeast by the Saint John River including the islands in the Long Reach.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Greenwich, established in 1976 to assess for fire protection and first aid and ambulance services. Recreatonal facilities were added to the assessment in 1995, with first aid and ambulance services removed at the same time.

Communities

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

Browns Corner Browns Flat Central Greenwich Cochrane Corner Days Corner

Evandale Glenwood Greenwich Hill Johnson Croft Lynch Corner

Oak Point Upper Greenwich Victoria Beach

Bodies of water & Islands

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

• Clark Lake
• Murphy Lake

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2011 N/A 2006 2053 3.7% 2001 2131 0.0% 1996 0.0% 1991 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[5] 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:^[6]

Highways None

Principal Routes Route 102 Route 124

None

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Greenwich Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Greenwich Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
4. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
5. Profile: Greenwich Parish, New Brunswick
6. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

Coordinates: 45°19′33″N 66°19′27″W / 45.32577°N 66.3243°W