Southampton is a geographic parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the town of Nackawic, the village of Millville, and the local service district of the parish of Southampton, all of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).
Origin of name When Carleton County was erected in 1832 the new county line went through Northampton Parish. The next year the part of Northampton south of the line was erected as Southampton.
History Southampton was erected in 1833 from the part of Northampton Parish that was southeast of the Carleton County line.
In 1834 the county line was altered to run along grant lines, adding territory to Southampton.
In 1865 the boundary with Queensbury Parish was altered, removing territory east of the East Branch Nackawic Stream.
Boundaries Southampton Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 112, 113, and 124 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 324–326, 345–347, 366, and 367 at same site.
on the northeast beginning on the Carleton County line about 600 metres northeasterly of Route 104, on the prolongation the central line of a two-lot grant to Jonathan Williams on the Saint John River, then running southeasterly along the prolongation to the Burnt Lake Branch; on the southeast by a line running down the Burnt Lake Branch and the East Branch Nackawic Stream to the northeastern line of a grant to John Morehouse, about 2.4 kilometres easterly of the junction of Caverhill Siding Road with Route 605, then southeasterly about 1.2 kilometres and southwesterly about 275 metres along the Morehouse grant to the prolongation of the southeastern line of a grant to William Dobie, then southeasterly about 675 metres along the Dobie grant to the prolongation of the southeastern line of a large grant to Captain Joseph Cunliffe, then southwesterly along the Cunliffe grant, striking the Saint John River about 150 metres downstream of the mouth of Quigg Brook, then up the Saint John; on the south by the Saint John River; on the northwest by the Carleton County line.
Communities Communities at least partly within the parish.
Bates Settlement Bull Lake Campbell Settlement Caverhill Central Waterville Clarkville County Line East Waterville Hainesville Hartfield Hawkins Corner Maple Ridge Maplewood Middle Southampton Millville Nackawic Nortondale Pinder Ritchie Rossville South Waterville Southampton Southampton Junction Temperance Vale Temple Upper Southampton West Waterville Woodman Woodstock Road
Bodies of water Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly within the parish.
Saint John River Meductic Reach Pokiok Reach Burnt Lake Branch Nackawic Stream Bulls Creek Farnhams Creek Gibson Creek Greer Creek Bull Lake Mactaquac Lake more than a half-dozen other officially named lakes
Other notable places Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. Ayers Lake Stream Protected Natural Area Becaguimec Wildlife Management Area Carr Falls Brook Protected Natural Area Greer Creek Protected Natural Area Woodman Protected Natural Area
Demographics Parish population total does not include Millville and Nackawic
Population Population trendStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census Census Population Change (%) 2016 1,484 3.5% 2011 1,538 3.9% 2006 1,601 7.9% 2001 1,738 1.8% 1996 1,769 3.3% 1991 1,829 N/A
Language Mother tongue (2016) Language Population Pct (%) English only 1,425 96.0% Other languages 20 1.3% French only 40 2.7% Both English and French 0 0%
See also List of parishes in New Brunswick
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