Hampton Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the town, see Hampton, New Brunswick.

Hampton is a geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.^[2]

Hampton
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45.84°N 64.59°W / 45.84; -64.59
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kings County
Erected	1795
Area [1]
• Land	121.24 km2 (46.81 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	2,969
• Density	24.5/km2 (63/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	5.7%
• Dwellings	1,216
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portions within the towns of Hampton and Quispamsis

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it was divided for governance purposes between the towns of Hampton and Quispamsis and the local service district of the parish of Hampton, which further included the service area of Fairmont Subdivision. Hampton and the LSD were members of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8), while Quispamsis was a member of the Fundy Regional Service Commission (FRSC).^[3]

Origin of name

Ganong believed the name "perhaps" came from Hampton near London.^[4] The name was common in the Thirteen Colonies.

Notable is that the names of Kings County's pre-1800 parishes all occur in both New Jersey and North Carolina.^[5]

History

Hampton was erected in 1795 from Sussex Parish and Kingston Parish.^[6] It included Rothesay and Upham Parishes.

In 1835 Upham was erected as its own parish.^[7]

In 1870 Rothesay was erected as its own parish.^[8]

In 1873 the boundary with Rothesay was altered, specifying the path through the islands in the river and changing the mainland portion to follow grant lines rather than the road to Golden Grove.^[9]

In 1897 the boundary with Upham was altered.^[10]

Boundaries

Hampton Parish is bounded:^{[2][11][12][13]}

• on the northwest by the Kennebecasis River;
• on the east by a line beginning on the Kennebecasis at the northernmost corner of a grant to John Fritch, then running southeasterly along the northeastern line of the Fritch grant and its prolongation to the old Westmorland Road,^[a] at a point about 150 metres west-southwest of Passekeag Road, then southwesterly to a point about 300 metres east of the Cumberland Road and about 900 metres south of its junction with the Passekeag Road, then south-southeasterly along a line through the northeastern corner of a grant to James Beyea to the northeastern corner a grant to J. C. Robertson, then slightly more easterly along the easterly line of the Robertson grant to the Hammond River, then downriver about 300 metres to where the eastern line of a grant to William Scoullar strikes the Hammond, then southerly along the Scoullar grant to the northeastern corner of a grant to Robert Godfrey, about 825 metres south of an s-shaped meander of the Hammond, then west-southwesterly along the prolongation of the northern line of a grant to Thomas Smith to the northwestern corner of the Smith grant, then southeasterly to the Saint John County line;
• on the south by the Saint John County line;
• on the west by a line beginning on the county line at a point about 600 metres west-northwest of the junction of First Lake Road and Sands Road, on the northeastern line of a grant to Samuel Storms, then running northwesterly along the grant line to its northeastern corner, then westerly along the rear line about 300 metres, then left at a 90º angle to run north-northwesterly parallel to the eastern line of a grant to Zephaniah Kingsley to strike the Hammond River about 675 metres upriver of Route 1, then downstream past the Canadian National Railway bridge to strike the southern shore of an island, then north-northeasterly along the line dividing grants on either side of the Hammond River, through two islands, then along the eastern channel of the Hammond, passing west of Darlings Island, until it strikes the Kennebecasis.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish;^[11][12][13] bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Bonney Road Damascus French Village Hampton Hampton Station Lakeside

Mount Prospect Nauwigewauk Quispamsis Smithtown Titusville Woodpecker Hall

Bodies of water

Bodies of water^[b] at least partly in the parish:^[11][12][13]

Hammond River Kennebecasis River Ossekeag Creek Passekeag Creek Third Lake Thoroughfare

Brawley Lake Darlings Lake McManus Lake Terreo Lake Third Lake

Islands

Islands at least partly in the parish.^[11][12][13]

• Darlings Island
• Spoon Island

Demographics

Parish population total does not include portions within the town of Hampton and Quispamsis

Population Population trend[14][15][16] Census Population Change (%) 2016 2,809 2.7% 2011 2,734 0.4% 2006 2,724 1.1%

Language Mother tongue (2016)[16] Language Population Pct (%) English only 2,635 93.9% French only 105 3.7% Both English and French 10 0.4% Other languages 55 2.0%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:^[17]

Highways Route 1

Principal Routes Route 100 Route 121

Secondary Routes: Route 845 Route 860

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. The old Westmorland Road was discontinued so long ago that it does not appear on the province's cadastral grant maps.
2. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.