Kingston
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyKings County
Erected1786
Area
 • Land200.41 km2 (77.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total3,202
 • Density16.0/km2 (41/sq mi)
 • Change 2016-2021
Increase 9.9%
 • Dwellings
1,631
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Kingston is a geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it formed the local service district of the parish of Kingston,[3] which was a member of the Fundy Regional Service Commission (FRSC).[4]

Origin of name

The parish's name may have been chosen as a symbol of loyalty to the Crown but was also a common name in the Thirteen Colonies.[5]

Notable is that the names of Kings County's pre-1800 parishes all occur in both New Jersey and North Carolina.[6]

History

Kingston was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of Kings County.[7] It included Greenwich Parish and parts of Hampton, Kars, and Norton Parishes but part of the modern parish along the Kennebecasis River was in Westfield Parish.

In 1795 Kings County's parishes were reorganised, erecting Hampton and Norton.[8]

In 1844 the boundary with Norton was altered.[9]

Boundaries

Kingston Parish is bounded:[2][10][11][12]

Governance

Before 2023, the entire parish formed the local service district of the parish of Kingston, established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. Non-fire related rescue was added in 2015. First aid and ambulance services (1976–2015) was formerly included.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish.[10][11][12]

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[b] at least partly in the parish.[10][11][12]

Islands

Islands at least partly in the parish.[10][11][12]

Demographics

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[17]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Although the community is spelt Keirsteadville,[13] the road is spelt Kiersteadville.
  2. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

  1. ^ a b "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Communities in each of the 12 Regional Service Commissions (RSC) / Les communautés dans chacune des 12 Commissions de services régionaux (CSR)" (PDF), Government of New Brunswick, July 2017, retrieved 2 February 2021
  5. ^ Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 243. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Domestic Names". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  7. ^ "26 Geo. III Chapter I. An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, passed in the year 1786. Saint John, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 1786. pp. 3–12. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  8. ^ "35 Geo. III c. 3 An Act in addition to an Act intitled, 'An Act for the better Ascertaining and Confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.'". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1795. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1795. pp. 338–340. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  9. ^ "7 Vic. c. 24 An Act to alter the Division Line between the Parishes of Kingston and Norton, in King's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1844. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1844. p. 24. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  10. ^ a b c d "No. 149". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 157 at same site.
  11. ^ a b c d "431" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 445, 446, 460, 461, and 473 at same site.
  12. ^ a b c d "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Keirsteadville". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  14. ^ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  15. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Kingston Parish, New Brunswick
  16. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census Kingston, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  17. ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



45°30′13″N 65°59′34″W / 45.50358°N 65.992813°W / 45.50358; -65.992813 (Kingston Parish, New Brunswick)