Greenwich Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Greenwich |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1795 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 114.56 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,126 |
| Population Density Km2: | 9.8 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 6.4% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 579 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Greenwich is a geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes, the parish is part of the Fundy rural district,[2] which is a member of the Fundy Regional Service Commission.[3]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised a single local service district, which was a member of the Fundy Regional Service Commission (FRSC).
The Census subdivision of the same name shares the parish's boundaries.[1]
Origin of name
The origin of the parish's name is uncertain, Greenwich being a placename in several of the Thirteen Colonies. Historian William F. Ganong listed Greenwich, England as a possible source,[4] then later added Greenwich Village in New York and Greenwich Street in Hempstead, New York.[5]
Notable is that the names of Kings County's pre-1800 parishes all occur in both New Jersey and North Carolina.[6]
History
Greenwich was erected in 1795 from Kingston Parish.[7]
In 1860 the mainland east of the Saint John River was included in the newly erected parish of Kars.[8]
Boundaries
Greenwich Parish is bounded:[9] [10] [11]
- on the northwest by the Queens County line;
- on the northeast by the Saint John River;
- on the southeast by the Long Reach of the Saint John River;
- on the southwest by a line beginning at the mouth of Devils Back Brook where the southwestern line of the grant to George Young strikes, then northwesterly along the grant line and its prolongation to the county line at a point about 300 metres northeasterly of the northern end of Mud Lake;
- including Catons Island, Grassy Island, Isle of Pines, Rocky Island, and Rush Island in Long Reach.
Governance
The entire parish formed the local service district of the parish of Greenwich, established in 1976 to assess for fire protection and first aid and ambulance services. Recreational facilities were added to the assessment in 1995, with first aid and ambulance services removed at the same time.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
- Browns Corner
- Browns Flat
- Central Greenwich
- Cochrane Corner
- Days Corner
- Evandale
- Glenwood
- Grand View
- Greenwich Hill
- Johnson Croft
- Lynch Corner
- McPherson
- Oak Point
- Upper Greenwich
- Victoria Beach
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[12] at least partly in the parish:
- Saint John River
- Jones Creek
- Marley Creek
- Nutter Creek
- more than fifteen officially named lakes
Islands
Islands at least partly in the parish.
- Catons Island
- Grassy Island
- Isle of Pines
- Rocky Island
- Rush Island
Demographics
Population
Population trend[13] [14]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 1,058 | 1.1% |
| 2011 | 1,047 | 0.4% |
| 2006 | 1,043 | 0.4% |
| 2001 | 1,091 | 4.4% |
| 1996 | 1,175 | 7.1% | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[14]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| English only | 1,030 | 97.2% |
| French only | 15 | 1.4% |
| Both English and French | 0 | 0% |
| Other languages | 15 | 1.4% | |
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[15]
See also
References
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Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: RSC 9 Fundy Regional Service Commission RSC 9 . Government of New Brunswick . 5 June 2023.
- Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 5 June 2023 . 21 July 2022.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 238 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Ganong. William F.. Additions and Corrections to Monographs on the Place-Nomenclature, Cartography, Historic Sites, Boundaries and Settlement-origins of the Province of New Brunswick. 12 April 2021. 1906. Royal Society of Canada. 26.
- Web site: Domestic Names . U.S. Geological Survey . 17 April 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1795.. 27 March 2021. 1795. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 338–340. 35 Geo. III c. 3 An Act in addition to an Act intitled, 'An Act for the better Ascertaining and Confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.'.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in March and April 1859.. 27 March 2021. 1859. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 129–130. 22 Vic. c. 51 An Act to erect parts of the Parishes of Greenwich and Springfield, in King's County, into a separate Town or Parish..
- Web site: No. 148 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 149, 156, and 157 at same site.
- Web site: 430 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 445, 459, and 460 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 14 June 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Greenwich, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . September 20, 2019.
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
