Springfield Parish, New Brunswick

Springfield
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	1786
Area[1]
• Land	248.22 km^2 (95.84 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	1,652
• Density	6.7/km^2 (17/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.1%
• Dwellings	867
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

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

Its population in the 2011 Census was 1,652.

History

Brunswick Parish established in 1786: probably named for the town of Springfield in New Jersey or for the town of Springfield in Massachusetts: included parts of Studholm Parish and Havelock Parish until 1840.

Delineation

Springfield Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act^[2] as being bounded:

North by the County line and Kars Parish; west by Kars Parish and the line dividing lots number one and number eighteen, south of Belleisle Bay, and a part of the line dividing lots number fifteen and number sixteen, in the back settlement; south by a line running north sixty degrees east or parallel to the southern base line of the Belleisle Grant, and distant sixty-five chains therefrom, and extending to its intersection with a line running north from the mouth of Halfway Brook and east by a direct line from said intersection to the southeast angle of lot number eleven, granted to Henry A. Scovil in range two of Pascobac Brook lots, thence northeasterly, or in a direct line to the northeast angle of lot letter F, granted to Samuel Foster; thence northeasterly and northerly along the southeastern and eastern line of lot letter V, granted to William S. F. Wilson, to the northeastern angle thereof; thence northeasterly along the southeastern lines of the grant to John Coy and John Good, to a point intersected by the southeastern prolongation of the northeastern line of lot number one, granted to Samuel Kierstead; thence along said prolongation and line and its northwestern prolongation to Queens county line.

Communities

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

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

Bodies of water & Islands

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

• None

Demographics

Population

Population trend^[3]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011		N/A
2006	1572	3.2%
2001	1523	0.0%
1996		0.0%
1991		N/A

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 124

Secondary Routes: Route 695 Route 710 Route 850 Route 855 Route 870 Route 875

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Springfield Parish, New Brunswick
2. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
3. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
4. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

Coordinates: 47°24′57″N 65°25′17″W / 47.4157°N 65.42128°W