Johnston Parish, New Brunswick

Johnston
Parish

Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′N 64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W / 45.84; -64.59
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Queens County
Established 1839
Area[1]
 • Land 359.18 km2 (138.68 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 660
 • Density 1.8/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 3.5%
 • Dwellings 432
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Johnston Parish is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.

History

Johnston Parish established in 1839 from Wickham Parish: named for Hugh Johnston (1790-1850), who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick: his father, Hugh Johnston (1756-1829), was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly.

Delineation

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

Southwest by Wickham and Cambridge Parishes; northwest by the prolongation of a line running north fifty-four degrees east by the magnet of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, from the west angle of the grant to Samuel Hughes, at Lower Cambridge; east by the east line of lot number eleven, granted to A.C. Starrit, on the north side of the Canaan River above Coles Island and its northern and southern prolongation, and southeast by the County line.

Communities

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

  • Highfield
  • Johnston
  • Long Creek
  • Partridge Valley
  • Phillipstown
  • Salmon Creek
  • Smith Corner
  • Thornetown
  • Washademoak
  • Waterloo Corner
  • Youngs Cove Road

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 684 Decrease0.4%
2001 687 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]

  • Highways
    • none

  • External Routes:
    • None

See also

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Johnston 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: Johnston Parish, New Brunswick
  5. ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7


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Coordinates: 45°52′31″N 65°47′43″W / 45.87519°N 65.795403°W / 45.87519; -65.795403 (Johnston Parish, New Brunswick)

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