Beersville is a small community in
Weldford Parish located 3.92 km SSE of
Fords Mills, named for
John A. Beers (1860–1951). The community had a post office from 1900 to 1965. In 1904, Beersville was a farming settlement with 1 post office, 1 store, 1 sawmill, 1 church and a population of 100, and had a station on the
Intercolonial Railway
The Intercolonial Railway of Canada , also referred to as the Intercolonial Railway (ICR), was a historic Canada, Canadian railway that operated from 1872 to 1918, when it became part of Canadian National Railways. As the railway was also compl ...
. Beersville is located on
Route 465.
Beersville has a church (St. James Presbyterian Church), a local community center and was home of the local fire department for many years before it was moved to nearby Fords Mills.
History
Notable people
{{Main, List of people from Kent County, New Brunswick
See also
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List of communities in New Brunswick
This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a province in Canada. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as either an incorporated municipality, an Indian reserve, or an unincorporated community inside or outside a municipal ...
References
Settlements in New Brunswick
Communities in Kent County, New Brunswick