Hillsborough Parish, New Brunswick

Hillsborough
Parish

Location within Albert County.
Coordinates: 45°55′N 64°42′W / 45.92°N 64.70°WCoordinates: 45°55′N 64°42′W / 45.92°N 64.70°W
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Albert County
Established 1786
Area[1]
 • Land 303.73 km2 (117.27 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 1,395
 • Density 4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 5.3%
 • Dwellings 630
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Hillsborough is a Canadian parish in Albert County, New Brunswick.[2]

Delineation

Hillsborough Parish is situated in the eastern section of Albert County and is bordered to the north by Coverdale Parish, to the east by Petitcodiac River and south by Hopewell Parish, and to the west by the Elgin Parish.

Hillsborough Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as:

History

Albert County: established as a Nova Scotian township in 1765 and became part of New Brunswick as the Parish of Hillsborough (Westmorland County) in 1786: named for Wills Hill (1718-1793), Earl of Hillsborough and the lord commissioner of trade and plantations: Hillsborough Parish included Coverdale Parish until 1828

Located on W side of the Petitcodiac River, 2.26 km NW of Surrey: Hillsborough Parish, Albert County: formerly called German Village for Henry Steeves and a group of German settlers who arrived in 1765 from Pennsylvania: renamed with the creation of the post office: PO Hillsborough from 1840: in 1866 Hillsborough was a community with approximately 167 families: Richard E. Steeves was postmaster and David Wallace was a mill owner: the Albert Mining Company was located nearby: in 1871 Hillsborough had a population of 900: in 1898 Hillsborough was a seaport, a port of entry and a settlement on the Salisbury and Hillsborough Railway with 1 post office, 8 stores, 2 hotels, 1 tannery, 1 carriage factory, nearby gypsum mines and a population of 700: Hillsborough was incorporated as a village in 1966[3]

Communities

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

  • Albert Mines
  • Baltimore
  • Beech Hill
  • Berryton
  • Caledonia Mountain
  • Dawson Settlement

  • Salem
  • Shenstone
  • Steeves Mills
  • Steevescote
  • Weldon

Bodies of water & Islands

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

Demographics

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19911,477—    
19961,532+3.7%
20011,474−3.8%
20061,473−0.1%
20111,395−5.3%
[4]

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[5]

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:[6]
  • Principal Routes
    • None

  • External Routes:
    • None

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Hillsborough Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Hillsborough Parish
  3. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives, Government of New Brunswick.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  5. ↑ Profile: Hillsborough Parish, New Brunswick
  6. ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7