Acadieville is a

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in Kent County,

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. For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Rogersville and the

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of the parish of Acadieville (which further includes the special service area of Acadie Siding), both of which are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission (KRSC).

Origin of name

William F. Ganong considered the name's origin to be obviously from ''Acadie''.

History

Acadieville was erected in 1876 from Carleton Parish. Acadieville Parish was first settled in 1868 by

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settlers who rushed to claim the provincial

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after it was revealed that the surveyed route for the

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would pass through the area. In 1869, the Intercolonial Railway's route was modified and it was constructed approximately 10 kilometres to the west.

Boundaries

Acadieville Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 78, 79, 80, and 88 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 221, 234–236, 250, and 251 at same site. *on the northwest by the Northumberland County line; *on the east by the eastern line of a grant in Saint-Luc prolonged southerly to the Saint-Louis Parish line and northerly to the Northumberland County line; *on the southeast by a line running south 75º 30' west from the corner of a grant west of Route 11 near Saint-Théodule in Saint-Louis Parish to the northern line of Weldford Parish, at a point about 3.25 kilometres west of Route 126; *on the south by the northern line of Weldford Parish, which is a line due west from the northernmost corner of the Richibucto 15

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; *on the west by a line running north 22º west, based on the magnet of 1867, from a point on the Westmorland County line twenty miles (32.2 kilometres) west of the northern tip of Shediac Island.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates a municipality * Acadie Siding * Acadieville *Barrieau *Block 14 * Centre-Acadie * Noinville *Pineau *Richard-Village * Rogersville *Saint-Athanase *Saint-Luc *Vautour *Village-Saint-Jean *Village-Saint-Pierre

Bodies of water

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

Barnaby River The Barnaby River is a tributary of the Miramichi River in New Brunswick, Canada. The Barnaby River rises in southern Northumberland County, close to the Kent County, New Brunswick boundary and flows north and west into the south side of the Sout ...

*Bay du Vin River * Kouchibouguac River

Demographics

Population totals do not include the village of Rogersville. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Population

Population trendStatistics Canada:

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census

Language

Mother tongue (2016)

Notes

References

External links

Official Website (french)

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