Norton Parish, New Brunswick
Norton is a civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Hampton, the village of Norton, and the local service district of the parish of Norton.History
Norton Parish was created in 1795 from Sussex Parish and Kingston Parish: possibly named for Norton, near Taunton, in southern Massachusetts, which was the original home of many of the first settlers to this area. Writer Emily Elizabeth Shaw Beavan worked in the parish as a young teacher.Delineation
Norton Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:Communities
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities :
- Bloomfield
- Central Norton
- Guthrie Road
- Hampton
- Ketchum Road
- Norton
- Passekeag
- Woodpecker Hall
Demographics
Population
Population trend
| Census | Population | Change |
| 2016 | 1,301 | 0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,296 | 7.2% |
| 2006 | 1,209 | 1.1% |
| 2001 | 1,222 | 0.0% |
Language
Mother tongue
| Language | Population | Pct |
| French only | 35 | 2.7% |
| English only | 1,240 | 95.4% |
| Both English and French | 5 | 0.4% |
| Other languages | 20 | 1.5% |
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:
- Highways
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- External Routes:
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