Dutch Settlement, Nova Scotia

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Dutch Settlement is a community in the Southwest Branch Musquodoboit. Other communites in this branch include; Chaswood, Cooksbrook and Carroll's Corner. Located in the far corner of the Musquodoboit Valley within the Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia on the Shubenacadie River, off Route 277.

Named originally called Keyes after William Keys (Keyes) in 1786. The present name comes from the fact that a number of Germans moved to the area and the word "Deutsch" was anglicized to "Dutch."

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Dutch Settlement was recently shrunk in size due to recent areas being changed to Lantz and Elmsdale. These areas were once considered part of Dutch Settlement but are now no longer part, this shrunk the population of the community nearly in half. The two main areas of the community are the "Main Stretch" and "Grono Road". The Main Stretch refers to people who live along the main road Route 277. in Dutch Settlement, and Grono Road refers to the people residing in the small suburban area named Grono.