New Maryland Parish, New Brunswick

New Maryland is a geographic parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of New Maryland the local service district of the parish of New Maryland, both of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11). The LSD further includes the special service areas of Howorth and Nasonworth.

Origin of name

The parish probably came from members of the Maryland Loyalists Battalion who settled in the area. Ganong states that the name came from the settlement of Maryland.

History

New Maryland was erected in 1850 from Kingsclear Parish and unassigned territory.

Boundaries

New Maryland Parish is bounded:

on the northeast by the city of Fredericton;
on the southeast by the Sunbury County line;
on the south by the Charlotte County line;
on the northwest by a line beginning on the Charlotte County line about 3.6 kilometres west of Big Kedron Lake and about 4 kilometres east of Route 3 and running northeasterly parallel to the Sunbury County line until it reaches Fredericton.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Beaver Dam
Charters Settlement
Howorth Acres
Nasonworth
New Maryland
Rooth

Bodies of water

Bodies of water at least partly within the parish.

North Branch Oromocto River
Lyons Stream
Nasonworth Millstream
South Branch Rusagonis Stream
Yoho Stream
Big Kedron Lake
Little Lake
Little Kedron Lake
Mud Lake
Oromocto Lake
The Basin

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish.

Camp Jersey Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.

University of New Brunswick Wildlife Refuge

Demographics

Parish population total does not include village of New Maryland

Population

Population trend

Language

Mother tongue (2016)

Notes

References

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