Hants County, Nova Scotia
| Hants County | |
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| County | |
 Location of Hants County, Nova Scotia |
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| Coordinates: 45°06′N 63°54′W / 45.1°N 63.9°WCoordinates: 45°06′N 63°54′W / 45.1°N 63.9°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Nova Scotia
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| District municipalities |
East Hants / West Hants |
| Towns | Hantsport / Windsor |
| Established | June 17, 1781 |
| Electoral Districts Federal |
Kings—Hants |
| Provincial | Hants East / Hants West |
| Area | |
| • Land | 3,049.08 km2 (1,177.26 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 41,182 |
| • Density | 13.5/km2 (35/sq mi) |
| • Change 2001-06 |
 1.7% |
| • Census Rankings - District municipalities East Hants West Hants - Towns Hantsport Windsor - Reserves Indian Brook 14 |
21,387 (179 of 5,008) 13,881 (272 of 5,008) 1,191 (1,839 of 5,008) 3,709 (862 of 5,008) 1,014 (2,039 of 5,008) |
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) |
| Area code(s) | 902 |
| Dwellings | 17,277 |
| Median Income* | $49,630 |
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Hants County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
The county of Hants was created June 17, 1781, and consisted of the townships of Windsor, Falmouth and Newport. Originally getting its name from the English county of Hampshire, abbreviated to Hants from the Old English name Hantescire, the County was established out of part of what had been Kings County. Subsequently in 1861, Hants County was divided into two districts for court sessional purposes named East Hants and West Hants.
The Mi'kmaq are the aboriginal people who lived on these lands for centuries. In the course of their historical relationship with the Acadian people, many Mi'kmaq became Catholic and therefore played an active role in the Acadian resistance to the Protestant British annexation of Hants County. They were clearly supporters of Abbe LeLoutre's work in protecting Acadian and Mi'kmaq and ultimately Catholic interests in the region. Within Hants County, they fought in the Battle at St. Croix on the St. Croix River.
There is a long history of missionary work in Hants County, such as the work of Silas Tertius Rand's work on a reserve near Hantsport. There are still Mi'kmaq communities in Hants County such as Indian Brook 14, Nova Scotia (the home of the famous activist Anna Mae Aquash) and Shubenacadie 13, Nova Scotia. Shubenacadie is the oldest community in Hants County. There is a significant monument in the middle of the reserve to Major Jean-Baptiste Cope, the signatory to the Peace Treaty of 1752 with the British, which was recently upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada (1985).
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