Studholm Parish, New Brunswick
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Studholm is a geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.{{cite web |title=Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act |url=http://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cs/T-3// |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |accessdate=13 November 2020}}
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it formed the local service district of the parish of Studholm,{{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 |accessdate=19 July 2020}} which further included the service area of Lower Millstream. The local service district was a member of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8).{{citation |title=Communities in each of the 12 Regional Service Commissions (RSC) / Les communautés dans chacune des 12 Commissions de services régionaux (CSR) |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/lg-gl/pdf/Plan/CommunitiesCommunautes.pdf |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=2 February 2021 |date=July 2017}}
Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of Gilfred Studholme, a Loyalist military commander during the American Revolution,{{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=274 |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.12511 |access-date=17 March 2021}} who later settled in the area and served on the first Executive Council of New Brunswick.
History
Studholm was erected in 1840 from Sussex Parish.{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00913_55| access-date=27 March 2021| title=Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1840.| date=1840| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| pages=14–15| chapter=3 Vic. c. 30 An Act for erecting a part of the Parish or Township of Sussex, in King's County, into a separate and distinct Parish or Township.}} It included Havelock Parish.
In 1859 the eastern polling district was erected as Havelock Parish.{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00913_73| access-date=27 March 2021| title=Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in March and April 1858.| date=1858| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| pages=89–90| chapter=21 Vic. c. 39 An Act to divide the Parish of Studholm into two separate and distinct Parishes.}}
In 1871 part of Havelock along Windgap Brook was returned to Studholm.{{cite book| title=Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of May 1871.| date=1871| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| page=268| chapter=34 Vic. c. 63 An Act to alter the division line between the Parishes of Studholm and Havelock, in King's County.}} Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
Boundaries
Studholm Parish is bounded:{{cite web |title=No. 129 |url=https://archives.gnb.ca/App_Handlers/FileDownloadHandler.ashx?filename=/DigitizedDocuments/Communities/Maps/Cadastral/_Oversize/GRPA129.jpg |website=Provincial Archives of New Brunswick |publisher=Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development |access-date=14 June 2021}} Remainder of parish on maps 130, 140, 141, and 150 at same site.{{cite web |title=375 |url=https://www.gnb.ca/0113/maps/Mapbooks/maps-2020/map375.pdf |website=Transportation and Infrastructure |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=14 June 2021}} Remainder of parish on mapbooks 376, 395–397, 414, 415, and 432 at same site.{{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=14 June 2021}}
- on the northwest by the Queens County line;
- on the east by a line beginning at a point on the Queens County line where the prolongation of the Miller Road strikes it, then south-southeasterly along the prolongation, Miller Road, and the southerly prolongation of Miller Road to Windgap Brook, then downstream until it strikes the prolongation of the southwestern line of a grant to James Caruth, which is on the southern bank of Windgap Brook and on the eastern side of Jordan Mountain Road, then southeasterly along the prolongation until it strikes the Cardwell Parish line;
- on the southeast by a line beginning at the northeastern corner of a grant to Jacob Smith, about 975 metres north of the junction of Plumweseep Road and Back Road, then running north 66º east;{{refn|group="lower-alpha"|By the magnet of 1840, when declination in the area was about 18º west of north.{{cite web |title=Historical Magnetic Declination |url=https://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/historical_declination/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712114533/http://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/historical_declination/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 July 2013 |website=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=1 March 2021}}}}
- on the south by the Kennebecasis River;
- on the west by a line beginning at the mouth of Halfway Brook and running north{{refn|group="lower-alpha"|By the magnet of 1795,{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00913_10 | access-date=27 March 2021| title=Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1795.| date=1795| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| pages=338–340| chapter=35 Geo. III c. 3 An Act in addition to an Act intitled, 'An Act for the better Ascertaining and Confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.'}} when declination in the area was between 15º and 16º west of north.}} past O'Neill Road to the southwestern corner of a grant to Sarah Scovil that straddles Route 870 east of Upper Belleisle, then turning right and running northeasterly to the northeastern corner of a grant to Samuel Foster north of Searsville, the point being about 975 metres past Snyder Road, then generally northeasterly following the lines of grants to a point about 1.6 kilometres southeast of Route 870, on the prolongation of the northeastern line of a grant to Samuel Kierstead near Collina, then turning 90º and running northwesterly along the prolongation, the grant line on the southeastern side of Route 870, and the prolongation of the line until it strikes the Queens County line about 2.5 kilometres southwest of the Pearsonville Road.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
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- Apohaqui
- Berwick
- Carsonville
- Centreville
- Collina
- Fox Hill
- Gibbon
- Head of Millstream
- Jordan Mountain
- Kierstead Mountain
- Lower Millstream
- Marrtown
- McGregor Brook
- Mount Hebron
- Mount Middleton
- Mount Pisgah
- Newtown
- Parleeville
- Pearsonville
- Pleasant Ridge
- Plumweseep
- Roachville
- Ryan Corner
- Searsville
- Smiths Creek
- Snider Mountain
- Summerfield
- Thompson Corner
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Bodies of water
Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish:
- Kennebecasis River
- Millstream River
- Smiths Creek
- Mud Lake
Demographics
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{{Canada census
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|2016_population=3,522 |2016_pop_delta=-2.5 |2016_land_area=449.37 |2016_pop_density=7.8
|2016_median_age=45.9 |2016_median_age_m=45.6 |2016_median_age_f=46.0
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=1,481 |2016_mean_hh_income=61,248 |2016_access_date=2019-08-27
|2011_population=3,612 |2011_pop_delta=+2.4 |2011_land_area=449.43 |2011_pop_density=8.0
|2011_median_age=43.0 |2011_median_age_m=42.9 |2011_median_age_f=43.0
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=1,459 |2011_mean_hh_income=53,700 |2011_access_date=2014-03-27
|2006_population=3,526 | 2006_pop_delta=-5.2 | 2006_land_area=449.43 | 2006_pop_density=7.8
|2006_median_age=40.8 | 2006_median_age_m=41.0 | 2006_median_age_f=40.7
|2006_total_pvt_dwell=1,382 | 2006_mean_hh_income=44,605 | 2006_access_date=2014-03-27
|2001_population=3,721 | 2001_pop_delta=-1.0 | 2001_land_area=449.43 | 2001_pop_density=8.3
|2001_median_age=36.3 | 2001_median_age_m=36.4 | 2001_median_age_f=36.2
|2001_total_pvt_dwell=1,361 |2001_mean_hh_income=39,914 | 2001_access_date=2014-03-27
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Studholm Parish, New Brunswick
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| 1991 |3526
| 1996 |3758
| 2001 |3721
| 2006 |3526
| 2011 |3612
| 2016 |3522
| footnote = Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census Studholm, 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=1305031&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&SearchText=studh&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=August 27, 2019}}
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Access Routes
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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- Principal Routes
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- Secondary Routes:
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- External Routes:
- None
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See also
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{{Geographic Location (8-way)
| Centre = Studholm Parish
| North = Brunswick Parish
| Northeast = Havelock Parish
| East = Cardwell Parish
| Southeast =Waterford Parish
| South = Sussex Parish
| Southwest = Norton Parish
| West = Springfield Parish
| Northwest = Johnston Parish
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{{Subdivisions of New Brunswick|counties=yes|state=expanded}}
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