Clarendon Parish, New Brunswick#Local service district

The parish was named for Clarendon Settlement, which in turn was named in honour of the Earl of Clarendon, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the time of it being laid out.{{cite book |last1=Ganong |first1=William F. |title=A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick |date=1896 |publisher=Royal Society of Canada |page=227 |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.12511 |access-date=17 March 2021}}

Clarendon was erected in 1869 from Lepreau and Pennfield Parishes.{{cite book| title=Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1869.| date=1869| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| pages=96–97| chapter=32 Vic. c. 51 An Act to erect part of the Parishes of Lepreaux and Pennfield, in the County of Charlotte, into a separate Town or Parish.}} Available as a free ebook from Google Books.

The area was first laid out for settlement in 1856,Ganong, p. 208 with the Clarendon Settlement being largest. Much of the parish was never surveyed for settlement, most of the surveyed lots were never granted, and many granted lots were later reconveyed to the Crown.{{cite web |title=No. 155 |url=https://archives.gnb.ca/App_Handlers/FileDownloadHandler.ashx?filename=/DigitizedDocuments/Communities/Maps/Cadastral/_Oversize/GRPA155.jpg |website=Provincial Archives of New Brunswick |publisher=Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development |accessdate=13 November 2020}}

In 1868 the Clarendon District was created as a polling district taking in the northern part of Lepreau and Pennfield Parishes.{{cite book | title=Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March 1868.| date=1868| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| page=84| chapter=31 Vic. c. 51 An Act to establish an additional Polling place in the County of Charlotte.}} Available as a free ebook from Google Books.

Clarendon Parish is bounded:{{cite web |title=No. 147 |url=https://archives.gnb.ca/App_Handlers/FileDownloadHandler.ashx?filename=/DigitizedDocuments/Communities/Maps/Cadastral/_Oversize/GRPA147.jpg |website=Provincial Archives of New Brunswick |publisher=Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development |access-date=3 July 2021}} Remainder of parish on maps 155, 156, 162, and 163 at same site.{{cite web |title=442 |url=https://www.gnb.ca/0113/maps/Mapbooks/maps-2020/map442.pdf |website=Transportation and Infrastructure |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=3 July 2021}} Remainder of parish on mapbooks 457, 458, 470, and 471 at same site.

• on the north by the Sunbury and Queens County lines;
• on the east by Queens County;
• on the south by a due west line from the southernmost corner of Queens County;
• and on the west by the prolongation of the eastern line of grants that cross Lake Utopia.

The local service district of the parish of Clarendon comprised the entire parish.{{cite web |title=New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) |url=http://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cr/84-168// |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=6 February 2021}}

The LSD was established in 1975 to assess for fire protection;{{cite journal |title=Regulation 75–4 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 75–33) |journal=The Royal Gazette |location=Fredericton |date=29 January 1975 |volume=133 |page=80}} recreational and sport facilities was added in 2008.{{cite journal |title=Regulation 2008-157 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 2008-553) |journal=The Royal Gazette |location=Fredericton |date=14 January 2009 |volume=167 |pages=96–97 |issn=1714-9428 |url=https://www.gnb.ca/0062/gazette/RG20090114.PDF}}

In 2021, the LSD assessed for community & recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.{{cite web |title=2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/lg-gl/pdf/MunicipalStatistics-StatistiquesMunicipales/2020.pdf |publisher=Department of Environment and Local Government |page=55 |access-date=6 February 2021}} The taxing authority is 507.00 Clarendon.

Communities at least partly within the parish.{{cite web |title=Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) |url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search?lang=en |website=Government of Canada |access-date=4 July 2021}} italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Back Clarendon
• Pleasington

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly within the parish.

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• North Branch Lepreau River
• South Branch Oromocto River
• West Branch Lepreau River
• Piskahegan Stream

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• South Oromocto Lake
• The Basin
• York Dam Flowage
• more than fifty other official named lakes

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Islands at least partly within the parish.

• Bradt Island (in McDougall Lake)
• Horse Island (in South Oromocto Lake)

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

• Lepreau River Wildlife Management Area{{cite web |title=New Brunswick Regulation 94-43 under the Fish and Wildlife Act (O.C. 94-231) |url=http://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cr/94-43// |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=8 July 2021 |date=5 June 2006}}
• Little Tomoowa Lake Protected Natural Area{{cite web |title=Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas |url=http://geonb.snb.ca/pna_znp/index.html |website=GeoNB |access-date=4 July 2021}}

Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

{{Canada census

|location = Clarendon

|2021_population=66 | 2021_pop_delta=+4.8 | 2021_land_area=492.11 | 2021_pop_density=0.1

|2021_median_age=58.8 | 2021_median_age_m=58.4 | 2021_median_age_f=61.2

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=64 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=40 |2021_mean_hh_income=

|2021_geocode=2021A00051302014 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19

|2016_population=63 |2016_pop_delta=+21.2 |2016_land_area=492.19 |2016_pop_density=0.1

|2016_median_age=59.2 |2016_median_age_m=59.8 |2016_median_age_f=57.7

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=90 |2016_mean_hh_income=44,928 |2016_access_date=2019-09-08

|2011_population=52 |2011_pop_delta=-26.8 |2011_land_area=492.91 |2011_pop_density=0.1

|2011_median_age=58.0 |2011_median_age_m=59.5 |2011_median_age_f=56.5

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=76 |2011_mean_hh_income=.N/A |2011_access_date=2014-03-15

|2006_population=71 | 2006_pop_delta=+73.2 | 2006_land_area=492.84 | 2006_pop_density=0.1

|2006_median_age=48.8 | 2006_median_age_m=50.0 | 2006_median_age_f=47.8

|2006_total_pvt_dwell=64 | 2006_mean_hh_income=.N/A | 2006_access_date=2014-03-15

|2001_population=41 | 2001_pop_delta=-19.6 | 2001_land_area=492.84 | 2001_pop_density=0.1

|2001_median_age=54.0 | 2001_median_age_m=55.8 | 2001_median_age_f=49.5

|2001_total_pvt_dwell=43 |2001_mean_hh_income=.N/A | 2001_access_date=2014-03-15

|notes= Income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.

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| 1991 |53

| 1996 |51

| 2001 |41

| 2006 |71

| 2011 |52

| 2016 |63

| footnote = Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Clarendon, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1302014&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&SearchText=clarendon&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=September 8, 2019}}

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Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas {{ISBN|978-1-55368-618-7}} Pages 4, 12

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• Highways
• None

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• Principal Routes
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• Secondary Routes:
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• External Routes:
• None

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{{Geographic Location (8-way)

| Centre = Clarendon Parish

| North = Blissville Parish

| Northeast = Petersville Parish

| East = Westfield Parish

| Southeast =Westfield Parish

| South = Lepreau Parish

| Southwest = Pennfield Parish

| West = Saint George Parish

| Northwest = Gladstone Parish

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Category:Parishes of Charlotte County, New Brunswick

Category:Local service districts of Charlotte County, New Brunswick