Norton | |
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Parish | |
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick. |
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Coordinates: 45°50′N 64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Queens County |
Established | 1795 |
Area | |
• Land | 144.62 km2 (55.84 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,296 |
• Density | 9.0/km2 (23/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 7.2% |
• Dwellings | 502 |
Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
• Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) |
Norton is a Canadian parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.
Norton Parish was created in 1795 from Sussex Parish and Kingston Parish: possibly named for Norton, near Taunton, in southern Massachusetts, which was the original home of many of the first settlers to this area.
Norton 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°36′26″N 65°42′53″W / 45.607193°N 65.714808°W