Hampton Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the parish. For the town, see Hampton, New Brunswick.

Hampton
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kings County
Established	1795
Area
• Land	121.39 km2 (46.87 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,734
• Density	22.5/km2 (58/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.4%
• Dwellings	1,120
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

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

History

Hampton Parish was created in 1795 from Sussex Parish and Kingston Parish: possibly named for the town of Hampton near London, England: included Upham Parish until 1835 and Rothesay Parish until 1870.

Delineation

Hampton Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:

Northwest by the County line; northeast by Bright Parish; southeast by Queensbury Parish; and south by the Saint John River.

Communities

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

• Bonney Road
• Damascus
• Darlings Island
• French Village
• Hampton

• Lakeside
• Mount Prospect
• Nauwigewauk
• Smithtown
• Titusville

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

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011		N/A
2006	1209	1.1%
2001	1222	0.0%
1996		0.0%
1991		N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

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:

• Highways
  • Route 1

• Principal Routes
  • Route 100
  • Route 121

• Secondary Routes:
  • Route 845
  • Route 860

• External Routes:
  • None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick