Kings County, New Brunswick

Kings County (2016 population 68,941[1]) is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada. Its historical shire town is Hampton.

Kings
County
Location within New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
Established	1785
Electoral Districts      Federal	Fundy Royal / New Brunswick Southwest
Area [1]
• Land	3,484.22 km^2 (1,345.26 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	68,941
• Density	19.8/km^2 (51/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	1.0%
• Dwellings	29,570
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code(s)	506

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

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

Census subdivisions

Communities

There are seven municipalities within Kings County (listed by 2016 population):[2]

Official Name	Designation	Area km^2	Population	Parish
Quispamsis	Town	57.21	18,245	Rothesay
Rothesay	Town	34.72	11,659	Rothesay
Grand Bay-Westfield	Town	59.78	4,964	Westfield
Hampton	Town	21.09	4,289	Hampton
Sussex	Town	8.95	4,282	Sussex
Sussex Corner	Village	9.34	1,461	Sussex
Norton	Village	75.35	1,382	Norton

Parishes

The county is subdivided into fifteen parishes (listed by 2016 population):[2]

Official Name	Area km^2	Population	Municipalities	Unincorporated communities
Studholm	449.37	3,522		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	200.69	2,913		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	121.26	2,809	Hampton (town)	Bonney Road / Damascus / Darlings Island / French Village / Hampton / Lakeside / Mount Prospect / Nauwigewauk / Smithtown / Titusville
Sussex	244.02	2,516	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	295.70	1,962	Grand Bay-Westfield (town)	Bayswater / Carters Point / Cheyne Settlement / Days Landing / Hardings Point / Keatings Corner / Lands End / Milkish / Morrisdale / Nerepis / Public Landing / Sand Point / Summerville / Woodmans Point
Springfield	248.54	1,525		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	311.90	1,353		Anagance / Buckley Settlement / Cardwell / Crockets Corner / Dunsinane / Five Points / Harper Settlement / Lindys / McCully / Mechanic Settlement / Penobsquis / Picadilly / Portage Vale / South Branch / Springdale / Upper Goshen
Norton	144.76	1,301	Norton (village)	Bloomfield / Central Norton / Guthrie Road / Ketchum Road / Passekeag / Woodpecker Hall
Upham	189.22	1,269		Barnesville / Bloomfield Ridge / Clover Hill / Hanford Brook / Salina / Salt Springs / Upham / Upper Salt Springs / Upperton
Havelock	349.23	1,061		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	114.46	1,058		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	221.27	469		Cedar Camp / Chambers Settlement / Donegal / Parlee Brook / Urney / Walker Settlement / Waterford
Kars	75.84	325		Beulah / Earle Wharf / Kars / Lower Kars / Tennants Cove
Rothesay	7.26	325	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	251		Devine Corner / Hammond / Hammondvale / Hilldale / Hillsdale / Londonderry / Poodiac

Demographics

Population trend[3][4][1] Census Population Change (%) 2016 68,941 1.0% 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 (2016)[1] Language Population Pct (%) English only 64,355 93.4% French only 2,300 3.3% Other languages 2,005 2.9% Both English and French 280 0.4%

Protected areas and attractions

Notable people

Although not everyone in this list was born in Kings County, they all live or have lived in Kings County and have had significant connections to the communities.

See also

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

References

1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Kings, County [Census division], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
2. "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Select Region 1". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
3. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
4. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Kings County, New Brunswick

External links

• Kings County Guide