McKenzie Corner, New Brunswick

McKenzie Corner is a rural community in New Brunswick, Canada.[1] There are two churches in the settlement: McKenzie Corner Baptist Church,[2][3][4] which features a cemetery,[5][6] and St. John's United Church.[7]

McKenzie Corner
Location of McKenzie Corner in New Brunswick

The businessman and politician James Kidd Flemming lived in McKenzie Corner, where he died in 1927.[8]

History

The settlement was once known as McKenzie's Corner[9] and was named after William McKenzie, who settled in 1822. In 1866, McKenzie Corner was a farming settlement with around 140 families present. In 1871, it was a station on the New Brunswick and Canada Railway. In 1898, the population had increased to 150, and there was a post office, a cheese factory and two churches.[10]

The settlement Springbrook, in Hastings County, was once also known under the similar name McKenzie's Corners.[9]

See also

References
  1. "McKenzie Corner". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  2. "McKenzie Corner Baptist Church". McKenzie Corner Baptist Church. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  3. "McKenzie Corner Baptist Church - McKenzie Corner, NB". KJV Churches. 2017-06-25. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  4. "Woodstock Council Briefs - Times & Transcript". Telegraph Journal. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  5. "McKenzie Corner Cemetery Commitee to hold meeting". Telegraph Journal. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  6. "Commonwealth War Grave Debec McKenzie Corner United Baptist Cemetery - McKenzie Corner". TracesOfWar.com. 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  7. "St John's United Church McKenzie Corner". Nonprofit Panel. 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  8. "Biography – FLEMMING, JAMES KIDD – Volume XV (1921-1930) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 2005. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  9. Crossby, P.A.; Lovell, J. (1874). Lovell's Gazetteer of British North America. Lovell Printing and Publishing Company. p. 182. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  10. "Provincial Archives of New Brunswick". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 2019-11-08.

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