Hampstead Parish, New Brunswick

Hampstead
Parish
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′N 64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Queens County
Established	1786
Area[1]
• Land	212.63 km^2 (82.10 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	294
• Density	1.4/km^2 (4/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.8%
• Dwellings	173
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Hampstead is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.

History

Hampstead Parish established in 1786: named for Hempstead, Long Island, New York: included part of Petersville Parish until 1838.

Delineation

Hampstead Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act^[2] as being bounded:

Northwest by Gagetown Parish; southwest by Petersville Parish; southeast by the County line and by the Saint John River, including Upper Musquash Island and Spoon Island and the western half of Long Island to be determined by a line running lengthwise through the centre of the island from the head to the foot of the same.

Communities

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

Central Hampstead Elm Hill Hampstead McAlpines

Pleasant Villa Quarries Queenstown

Bodies of water & Islands

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

• None

Demographics

Population Population trend[3] Census Population Change (%) 2011 N/A 2006 278 10.9% 2001 312 0.0% 1996 0.0% 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]

Highways none

Principal Routes None

Secondary Routes: Route 102

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Hampstead Parish, New Brunswick
2. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
3. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
4. Profile: Hampstead Parish, New Brunswick
5. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

Coordinates: 45°37′28″N 66°05′07″W / 45.624483°N 66.085167°W