Springfield Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the parish. For the community, see Springfield, Kings County, New Brunswick.

Springfield
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45.84°N 64.59°W / 45.84; -64.59
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kings County
Established	1786
Area
• Land	248.22 km2 (95.84 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,652
• Density	6.7/km2 (17/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.1%
• Dwellings	867
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

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 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

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:

• 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