Petersville Parish, New Brunswick

Petersville
Parish

Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Queens County
Established 1838
Area[1]
 • Land 588.56 km2 (227.24 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 723
 • Density 1.2/km2 (3/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 4.6%
 • Dwellings 326
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Petersville is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.[2]

History

Greenwich Parish erected from Hampstead Parish and Gagetown Parish in 1838: named for Henry Peters, speaker of the New Brunswick house of the Assembly.

Delineation

Greenwich Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as:

Communities

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

  • Bayard
  • Blagdon
  • Clarendon

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

Population trend[3]

Census Population Change (%)
2011 N/A
2006 2053 Decrease3.7%
2001 2131 Increase0.0%
1996 Decrease0.0%
1991 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[4]

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:[5]

  • None
  • External Routes:
    • None

References

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



Coordinates: 45°32′15″N 66°21′24″W / 45.537618°N 66.356735°W