Upham | |
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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 | Kings County |
Established | 1835 |
Area | |
• Land | 188.55 km2 (72.80 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,306 |
• Density | 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 3.1% |
• Dwellings | 563 |
Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
• Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) |
Upham is a Canadian parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.
Upham Parish was established in 1835: named for Joshua Upham (1741-1808), a Loyalist officer in the King's American Dragoons, a Harvard law graduate, and a judge of the New Brunswick Supreme Court in 1784: included Hammond Parish until 1858.
Upham Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:
The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Upham, established in 1967 to assess for fire protection. Recreational and sports facilities were added in 2005. First aid and ambulance services (1976–2005) were formerly included.
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°30′47″N 65°39′30″W / 45.513144°N 65.658331°W