Gagetown | |
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Parish | |
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick. |
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Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Queens County |
Established | 1765 |
Area | |
• Land | 235.19 km2 (90.81 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 316 |
• Density | 1.3/km2 (3/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 6.4% |
• Dwellings | 146 |
Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
• Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) |
Gagetown is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.
Gagetown Parish was created in 1765 as Gage Township in Nova Scotia: in 1786 this township became Gagetown Parish as part of the new province of New Brunswick: named for General Thomas Gage (1721-1787), commander in chief of the British forces in North America from 1763-1772 and a local land grantee: included part of Petersville Parish until 1838.
Gagetown Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold).
This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish
Population trend
Mother tongue language (2006)
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:
Coordinates: 45°46′10″N 66°10′18″W / 45.7695°N 66.1716°W