Sussex Parish, New Brunswick

Sussex
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick. Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kings County
Established	1786
Area
• Land	244.27 km2 (94.31 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,529
• Density	10.4/km2 (27/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	4.2%
• Dwellings	1,003
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Sussex is a Canadian parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.

History

Sussex Parish established in 1786: possibly named for Sussex, New Jersey, or for Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1842), son of King George III and Queen Charlotte: included parts of Hampton Parish and Norton Parish until 1795, a part of Studholm Parish until 1840, and Cardwell Parish and Waterford Parish until 1874.

Delineation

Sussex Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as:

Communities

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

• Apohaqui (South of Kennebecasis R.
• Campbell Settlement
• Cassidy Lake
• Corner Subdivision
• Drurys Cove
• Dutch Valley
• Erb Settlement
• Hazel Hill

• Jeffries Corner
• Lisson Settlement
• Lower Cove
• Markhamville
• McCain Settlement
• Millbrook
• New Line Road
• Ratter Corner

• Riverbank
• Rockville
• Southfield
• Sussex
• Sussex Corner
• Upper Wards Creek
• Vinegar Hill
• Wards Creek

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

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011		N/A
2006	2427	5.2%
2001	2560	0.0%
1996		0.0%
1991		N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

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:

• Highways
  • Route 1
  • Route 10

• Principal Routes
  • Route 111
  • Route 114
  • Route 121

• Secondary Routes:
  • Route 865
  • Route 880
  • Route 890

• External Routes:
  • None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick