McKenzie Corner is a rural community in
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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. There are two churches in the settlement: McKenzie Corner Baptist Church, which features a cemetery, and St. John's United Church.
The businessman and politician
James Kidd Flemming lived in McKenzie Corner, where he died in 1927.
History
The settlement was once known as ''McKenzie's Corner''
and was named after William McKenzie, who settled in 1822. In 1866, McKenzie Corner was a farming settlement with around 140 families present. In 1871, it was a station on the
New Brunswick and Canada Railway
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. In 1898, the population was 150 and there was a post office, a cheese factory, and two churches.
The settlement
Springbrook, in
Hastings County
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, was once also known under the similar name ''McKenzie's Corners''.
See also
*
List of communities in New Brunswick
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References
Communities in Carleton County, New Brunswick
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