Studholm is a
geographic parish in
Kings County,
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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.
Prior to the
2023 governance reform, it formed the
local service district Local service district may refer to these administrative units in Canada:
* Local service district (New Brunswick)
A local service district (LSD) was a provincial administrative unit for the provision of local services in the Canadian province o ...
of the parish of Studholm,
which further included the service area of Lower Millstream.
The local service district was a member of
Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8).
Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of
Gilfred Studholme, a
Loyalist
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military commander during the
American Revolution
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, who later settled in the area and served on the first
Executive Council of New Brunswick
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.
History
Studholm was erected in 1840 from
Sussex Parish.
It included
Havelock Parish.
In 1859 the eastern polling district was erected as Havelock Parish.
In 1871 part of Havelock along Windgap Brook was returned to Studholm.
Boundaries
Studholm Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on maps 130, 140, 141, and 150 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 376, 395–397, 414, 415, and 432 at same site.]
*on the northwest by the
Queens County line;
*on the east by a line beginning at a point on the Queens County line where the prolongation of the Miller Road strikes it, then south-southeasterly along the prolongation, Miller Road, and the southerly prolongation of Miller Road to Windgap Brook, then downstream until it strikes the prolongation of the southwestern line of a grant to James Caruth, which is on the southern bank of Windgap Brook and on the eastern side of Jordan Mountain Road, then southeasterly along the prolongation until it strikes the
Cardwell Parish line;
*on the southeast by a line beginning at the northeastern corner of a grant to Jacob Smith, about 975 metres north of the junction of Plumweseep Road and Back Road, then running north 66º east;
*on the south by the
Kennebecasis River
The Kennebecasis River ( ) is a tributary of the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The name Kennebecasis is thought to be derived from the Mi'kmaq "''Kenepekachiachk''", meaning "little long bay place." It runs for approximately ...
;
*on the west by a line beginning at the mouth of Halfway Brook and running north past O'Neill Road to the southwestern corner of a grant to Sarah Scovil that straddles
Route 870 east of Upper Belleisle, then turning right and running northeasterly to the northeastern corner of a grant to Samuel Foster north of Searsville, the point being about 975 metres past Snyder Road, then generally northeasterly following the lines of grants to a point about 1.6 kilometres southeast of Route 870, on the prolongation of the northeastern line of a grant to Samuel Kierstead near Collina, then turning 90º and running northwesterly along the prolongation, the grant line on the southeastern side of Route 870, and the prolongation of the line until it strikes the Queens County line about 2.5 kilometres southwest of the Pearsonville Road.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish;
''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use
*
Apohaqui
*
Berwick
*Carsonville
*Centreville
*Collina
*Fox Hill
*Gibbon
*
Head of Millstream
*Jordan Mountain
*Kierstead Mountain
*Lower Millstream
*Marrtown
*McGregor Brook
*
Mount Hebron
*
Mount Middleton
*Mount Pisgah
*Newtown
*Parleeville
*Pearsonville
*Pleasant Ridge
*Plumweseep
*Roachville
*''Ryan Corner''
*Searsville
*Smiths Creek
*Snider Mountain
*Summerfield
*Thompson Corner
Bodies of water
Bodies of water
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly in the parish:
*
Kennebecasis River
The Kennebecasis River ( ) is a tributary of the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The name Kennebecasis is thought to be derived from the Mi'kmaq "''Kenepekachiachk''", meaning "little long bay place." It runs for approximately ...
*Millstream River
*Smiths Creek
*Mud Lake
Demographics
Population
Language
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 Pages 4, 12]
*Highways
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*Principal Routes
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*Secondary Routes:
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*External Routes:
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See also
*
List of parishes in New Brunswick
The Canadian province of New Brunswick is divided by the ''Territorial Division Act'' into 152 Parish (administrative division), geographic parishes, units which had political significance as subdivisions of County, counties until the Municipaliti ...
Notes
References
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Parishes of Kings County, New Brunswick