Springfield is a

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in Kings County,

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. For governance purposes it is divided between the village of

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and the

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of the parish of Norton, both of which are members of Regional Service Commission 8 (RSC8).

Origin of name

The name was common in the

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, now famously found at least once in every state of the

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. Notable is that the names of Kings County's pre-1800 parishes all occur in both

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History

Springfield was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of the county. In 1795 the boundaries were altered as part of the reorganisation of Kings County parishes. In 1860 part of the parish was included in the newly erected Kars Parish. In 1880 the boundary with Studholm was altered. In 1896 the southern boundary was altered. In 1899 the boundary was again altered.

Boundaries

Springfield Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 140, 149, and 150 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 413, 414, 431, 432, and 446 at same site. *on the northwest by the Queens County line; *on the northeast and east by a line beginning on the county line about 2.5 kilometres southwest of the Pearsonville Road, then southeasterly along the prolongation of the northeastern line of a grant southeast of Route 870 and southwest of the Collina Road, to a point about 1.6 kilometres past Route 870, then southwesterly along grant lines before a switchback easterly to a point about 450 metres northeast of the mouth of Snyder Brook, then southwesterly to the southeastern corner of a grant to Henry A. Scovil, about 150 metres northeasterly of a curve in the O'Neill Road, then southerly about 1.35 kilometres past Route 875 and about 450 metres north of Parleeville Road; *on the southeast by a line running south 60º west, 65

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s (1.3 kilometres) inland of and parallel to the rear line of a tier of grants on the south side of

Belleisle Bay Belleisle Bay is a fjord-like branch of the Saint John River in the Canadian province of New Brunswick Species of fish common to the area include, among others: *Yellow perch *White perch *Smallmouth bass *American eel *Lamprey eel *Pumpkin see ...

, to point about 350 metres northeast of Route 845 and about 450 metres northwest of Rogers Road, on the southwestern line of a grant to Jeremiah Maybe; *on the west by grant lines beginning on the southwestern line of Jeremiah Maybe, then northwesterly to the northwestern corner of the Maybe grant, then northeasterly about 275 metres to the southwestern corner of the William Roden grant on the southern side of Belleisle Bay, then northerly to Belleisle Bay and northeasterly across the bay to the Kars Parish line, about 450 metres east of the eastern end of Coreyvale Road, then northwesterly along three grant lines, with two short doglegs, to the Queens County line at a point about 900 metres northeast of the ends of Bond Road and McCrea Road.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality * Belleisle Creek *Bull Moose Hill *Case Settlement *East Scotch Settlement *Elm Brook * Hatfield Point *Irish Settlement *Joliffs Brook * Keirsteadville * Long Point *Lower Midland *

** Midland **Upper Midland *Northrups Corner *Pascobac *Searsville *

Springfield Springfield may refer to: * Springfield (toponym), the place name in general Places and locations Australia * Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast) * Springfield, New South Wales (Snowy Monaro Regional Council) * Springfield, Queenslan ...

*Stewarton *The Grant *Upper Belleisle *West Scotch Settlement

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish: *Belleisle Creek *

*Jack Lake

Demographics

Parish population total does not include the village of

Population

Population trend

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas *Highways **none *Principal Routes ** *Secondary Routes: ** ** ** ** ** ** *External Routes: **None

Notes

References

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