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County in New Brunswick, Canada
Kings County (2011 population 69,665) is located in southern New Brunswick , Canada. Its historical shire town is Hampton.
Both the Saint John and Kennebecasis rivers pass through the county.
Dairy farming is an important industry in the area. On March 18, 2004, at the 48th annual World Cheese and Butter Championships in Madison, Wisconsin , Dairytown Products, a company from Sussex , won first prize for butter, besting 37 entries from the USA , France , Switzerland , Ireland , Denmark and other countries from around the world.
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 2011 population):[1]
Parishes
The county is subdivided into fifteen parishes (listed by 2011 population):[1]
Official Name
Area km2
Population
Municipalities
Unincorporated communities
Studholm
449.43
3,612
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
200.63
2,952
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
121.39
2,734
Hampton (town)
Bonney Road / Damascus / Darlings Island / French Village / Hampton / Lakeside / Mount Prospect / Nauwigewauk / Smithtown / Titusville
Sussex
244.27
2,529
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
295.50
2,108
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
248.22
1,652
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
311.72
1,414
Anagance / Buckley Settlement / Cardwell / Crockets Corner / Dunsinane / Five Points / Harper Settlement / Lindys / McCully / Mechanic Settlement / Penobsquis / Picadilly / Portage Vale / South Branch / Springdale / Upper Goshen
Upham
188.55
1,306
Barnesville / Bloomfield Ridge / Clover Hill / Hanford Brook / Salina / Salt Springs / Upham / Upper Salt Springs / Upperton
Norton
144.62
1,296
Norton (village)
Bloomfield / Central Norton / Guthrie Road / Ketchum Road / Passekeag / Woodpecker Hall
Havelock
349.34
1,158
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
114.38
1,047
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
221.12
458
Cedar Camp / Chambers Settlement / Donegal / Parlee Brook / Urney / Walker Settlement / Waterford
Kars
75.96
407
Beulah / Earle Wharf / Kars / Lower Kars / Tennants Cove
Rothesay
7.31
347
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
295
Devine Corner / Hammond / Hammondvale / Hilldale / Hillsdale / Londonderry / Poodiac
Demographics
Population trend [2]
Census
Population
Change (%)
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 language (2006) [3]
Language
Population
Pct (%)
English only
61,970
94.65%
French only
2,120
3.24%
Other languages
1,215
1.85%
Both English and French
170
0.26%
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
References
External links
Places adjacent to Kings County, New Brunswick
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