New Maryland is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in
York County,
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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.
For governance purposes it is divided between the village of
New Maryland the
local service district A local service district is a type of designated place in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. In the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, a local service district is a defined area led by an elected committee responsible for the deliv ...
of the parish of New Maryland, both of which are members of
Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11). The LSD further includes the special service areas of Howorth and
Nasonworth.
Origin of name
The parish probably came from members of the
Maryland Loyalists Battalion
The Maryland Loyalists Battalion, referred to in Captain Caleb Jones's orderly book as the First Battalion of Maryland Loyalists, was a British provincial regiment of colonial American Loyalists during the American Revolutionary War.
American Re ...
who settled in the area.
Ganong states that the name came from the settlement of Maryland.
History
New Maryland was erected in 1850 from
Kingsclear Parish and unassigned territory.
Boundaries
New Maryland Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on maps 136, 137, 146, and 147 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 390, 408, 409, 426, 427, 440, and 441 at same site.]
* on the northeast by the city of
Fredericton
Fredericton (; ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River, which flows west to east as it bisects the city. The river is the do ...
;
* on the southeast by the
Sunbury County
Sunbury County (2016 population 27,644) 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 ...
line;
* on the south by the
Charlotte County line;
* on the northwest by a line beginning on the Charlotte County line about 3.6 kilometres west of Big Kedron Lake and about 4 kilometres east of
Route 3 and running northeasterly parallel to the Sunbury County line until it reaches Fredericton.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.
bold indicates an incorporated municipality
*
Beaver Dam
* Charters Settlement
* Howorth Acres
*
Nasonworth
*
New Maryland
*
Rooth
Bodies of water
Bodies of water
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly within the parish.
*
North Branch Oromocto River
* Lyons Stream
* Nasonworth Millstream
* South Branch Rusagonis Stream
* Yoho Stream
* Big Kedron Lake
* Little Lake
* Little Kedron Lake
* Mud Lake
* Oromocto Lake
** The Basin
Islands
Islands at least partly within the parish.
* Camp Jersey Island
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
* University of New Brunswick Wildlife Refuge
Demographics
Parish population total does not include
village of New Maryland
Population
Population trend
[Statistics Canada: ]1996
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, 2006
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census
Language
Mother tongue (2016)
See also
*
List of parishes in New Brunswick
The Canadian province of New Brunswick is divided by the ''Territorial Division Act'' into 152 parishes, units which had political significance as subdivisions of counties until the Municipalities Act of 1966. Parishes still exist in law and inclu ...
Notes
References
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Parishes of York County, New Brunswick
Local service districts of York County, New Brunswick