New Maryland is a geographic parish in York County,

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. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of New Maryland the

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of the parish of New Maryland, both of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11). The LSD further includes the special service areas of Howorth and Nasonworth.

Origin of name

The parish probably came from members of the

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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

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; * on the southeast by the

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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 waterNot 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 trendStatistics Canada:

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census

Language

Mother tongue (2016)

Notes

References

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