Millville is an unincorporated community in
York County,
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023. It is at the intersection of
Route 104 and
Route 605.
Situated on the
Nackawic River approximately 58.16 kilometers northwest of
Fredericton, Millville has one combination convenience store and gas station both have now been closed, as well as a volunteer fire department and several churches and post office. The village is famous for having the World's Largest Artificial Maple Leaf.
The community is served by the Millville Fire Department, consisting of approximately 18 volunteer firefighters.
History
Millville was established about 1860 as a
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company
''The New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company'' was one of several organizations which were established in Canada in the nineteenth century as a means of transferring land held by the Crown to individual owners. This company was chartered in Ne ...
settlement. A post office was established in 1866. In 1898, Millville was a station on the
Canadian Pacific Railway. It was incorporated as a village in 1966.
On 1 January 2023, Millville amalgamated with the town of
Nackawic and parts of four
local service districts to form the new
incorporated rural community of
Nackawic-Millville
Nackawic-Millville is a rural community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms.
History
Nackawic-Millville was incorporated on January 1, 2023 via the amalgamation of t ...
.
The community's name remains in official use.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada, Millville had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
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Notable people
See also
* List of communities in New Brunswick
*List of world's largest roadside attractions
This is a list of verifiably notable roadside attractions.
Asia
Thailand
* Great Buddha of Thailand
Europe
North America Canada
Alberta
* World's Largest Dinosaur, Drumheller, Alberta
* Vegreville egg (Ukrainian Easter egg), Vegrevil ...
References
{{Subdivisions of New Brunswick, towns=yes, villages=yes, counties=yes, state=expanded
Former villages in New Brunswick
Communities in York County, New Brunswick