Springfield Parish, New Brunswick

The name was common[6] in the Thirteen Colonies, now famously found at least once in every state of the United States.

Springfield was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of the county.[7]

In 1795 the boundaries were altered as part of the reorganisation of Kings County parishes.[8]

In 1860 part of the parish was included in the newly erected Kars Parish.[9]

In 1880 the boundary with Studholm was altered.[10]

In 1896 the southern boundary was altered.[11]

In 1899 the boundary was again altered.[12]

Springfield Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[2] as being bounded:

North by the County line and Kars Parish; west by Kars Parish and the line dividing lots number one and number eighteen, south of Belleisle Bay, and a part of the line dividing lots number fifteen and number sixteen, in the back settlement; south by a line running north sixty degrees east or parallel to the southern base line of the Belleisle Grant, and distant sixty-five chains therefrom, and extending to its intersection with a line running north from the mouth of Halfway Brook and east by a direct line from said intersection to the southeast angle of lot number eleven, granted to Henry A. Scovil in range two of Pascobac Brook lots, thence northeasterly, or in a direct line to the northeast angle of lot letter F, granted to Samuel Foster; thence northeasterly and northerly along the southeastern and eastern line of lot letter V, granted to William S. F. Wilson, to the northeastern angle thereof; thence northeasterly along the southeastern lines of the grant to John Coy and John Good, to a point intersected by the southeastern prolongation of the northeastern line of lot number one, granted to Samuel Kierstead; thence along said prolongation and line and its northwestern prolongation to Queens county line.

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

• None

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[15]

• List of parishes in New Brunswick