Derby Parish, New Brunswick

Derby
Parish
Location within Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46°53′15″N 65°39′18″W / 46.8875°N 65.655°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Northumberland
Established	1859
Area[1]
• Land	61.01 km^2 (23.56 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	998
• Density	16.4/km^2 (42/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	6.6%
• Dwellings	466
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Derby is a Canadian parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick.^[2]

Its population in the 2011 Census was 998.

History

Derby Parish was erected from Nelson Parish in 1859: named for Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley (1799-1869), the 14th Earl of Derby and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Delineation

Derby Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act^[3] as being bounded:

West by Blackville Parish, north by Southesk Parish and the Northwest Miramichi River east by the lower extremity of Beaubears Island and to include the same, and south by the southwest branch of the Miramichi River.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold) and communities within their respective boundaries (in italics).

Bryenton Davidson Derby Derby Junction Elmtree Lower Derby Manderville

Millerton Northwest Bridge Parker Road Renous-Quarryville South Nelson Road Upper Derby

Bodies of water and islands

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

• Beaubears Island

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2006 1,068 4.8% 2001 1,122 6.3% 1996 1,197 2.0% 1991 1,221 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[5] Language Population Pct (%) English only 1,025 97.16% French only 30 2.84% Other languages 0 0.00% Both English and French 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]

Highways Route 8

Principal Routes Route 108

Secondary Routes: Route 415

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Derby Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Derby Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
5. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Derby Parish, New Brunswick
6. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

Coordinates: 46°53′15″N 65°39′18″W / 46.88750°N 65.65500°W