Carlingford, New Brunswick
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Carlingford is a Canadian rural community in Victoria County, New Brunswick,{{Cite web |date=2021-02-16 |title=Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) |url=https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=DAZXB |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=Government of Canada}} on the Canada–United States border between Maine and New Brunswick. Carlingford is midway between Perth-Andover and Fort Fairfield on Route 190, also known as the Fort Road, which ends at the Canada Border Services Agency inspection station.
A farming community, Carlingford's economy relies heavily on potatoes.
An Anglophone community, Carlingford students attend classes in Perth-Andover under School District 14. The schools are Southern Victoria High School, Perth Andover Middle School, and Andover Elementary School.
History
{{See also|History of New Brunswick|List of historic places in Victoria County, New Brunswick}}
The area was named after Carlingford in Ireland.
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Category:Communities in Victoria County, New Brunswick
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