Coldbrook, Nova Scotia

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Coldbrook is a Canadian suburban community in Kings County, Nova Scotia.

This settlement is located on the Cornwallis river approximately eight kilometres west of Kentville in central Nova Scotia. It was probably named after a place in Wales and was known as Cold Brook Station for a while after the railway was completed in 1869. The first settler in the village may have been Asa Davidson sometime between 1764 and 1782. In 1792 an English farm "now known as Colebrook," was a stopping place on the road between Windsor and Annapolis. It now functions as a popular service stop at the intersection of Highway 101 and Trunk 1.

A school-house was built soon after 1866. It was replaced by a new building erected in about 1884-85, but this building burned down during the winter of 1903-04 and a new school was built soon after. Coldbrook Way Office was established on September 1, 1870 under the care of Henry Porter.

Fruit growing and processing are the main industries. Scotian Gold Cooperative engaged in the fruit processing business since 1912, opened a new plant at Coldbrook on September 22, 1964.

Population of Coldbrook Station in 1956 was 335. As of 2001, the population was 1,289. The population, as of May 2006, was 4499. The total land area is 83.6458km² ^[1]