Lincoln (2011 pop.: 6,458) is a Canadian suburban community in

Sunbury County Sunbury County (2021 population 27,864) is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. A large military base (CFB Gagetown) is located in the western part of the county south of the town of Oromocto. The county also hosts forestry and mixed farm ...

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Geography

Located on the west bank of the Saint John River between

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and

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, Lincoln was one of the original

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settlements established in the province following the

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History

Lincoln was one of the original

settlements established in the province following the

. Belmont House is a historic building located on New Brunswick Route 102 in Lincoln. The house, built in 1820, was originally built as the home of

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, "the son of a Loyalist settler who became a" justice of the New Brunswick Supreme Court. In 1839, the property was bought by the Wilmot family, a family of Loyalist settlers.

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, the son of the settler who bought the property, was a

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and served as

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from New Brunswick, and

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from 1880-1885. Robert Duncan Wilmot died at the Belmont House in 1891. When the Loyalists moved from the newly independent colonies to British North America, Captain Benjamin Glazier moved in March 1776 to this area and named it Lincoln, as that is where he came from in

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. Then Upper and Lower Lincoln were created. Then on 18 May 1785 was proclaimed as the Official Birthday of Lincoln. The latter, Upper Lincoln became part of the City of Fredericton, but Lower Lincoln is now only Lincoln and is a Local Service District. A Local Service District (L.S.D.), elects an Advisory committee and advises the Min of Municipal Affairs of what the Citizens would like to have as far as Bylaws and Codes are concerned. As Lincoln has a big Tax Base, due to the Airport, etc. Although Lincoln is in between the City of Fredericton and the Town of Oromocto, it is easily accessible via the

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, which forms the boundary on the south. For years Lincoln was just a small 1 street community, but in the 1950s Nevers road was upgraded from a dirt road, and houses started to appear.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Lincoln had a population of 2,441 living in 1,073 of its 1,106 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,504. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Notable people

, Father of Confederation. *

, Justice of the

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