Southampton is a civil parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the town of Nackawic, the village of Millville, and the local service district of the parish of Southampton, all of which were members of Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11).
Origin of name
When Carleton County was erected in 1832 the new county line went through Northampton Parish. The next year the part of Northampton south of the line was erected as Southampton.
History
Southampton was erected in 1833 from the part of Northampton Parish that was southeast of the Carleton County line.
In 1834 the county line was altered to run along grant lines, adding territory to Southampton.
In 1865 the boundary with Queensbury Parish was altered, removing territory east of the East Branch Nackawic Stream.
Boundaries
Southampton Parish is bounded:
on the northeast beginning on the Carleton County line about 600 metres northeasterly of Route 104, on the prolongation the central line of a two-lot grant to Jonathan Williams on the Saint John River, then running southeasterly along the prolongation to the Burnt Lake Branch; on the southeast by a line running down the Burnt Lake Branch and the East Branch Nackawic Stream to the northeastern line of a grant to John Morehouse, about 2.4 kilometres easterly of the junction of Caverhill Siding Road with Route 605, then southeasterly about 1.2 kilometres and southwesterly about 275 metres along the Morehouse grant to the prolongation of the southeastern line of a grant to William Dobie, then southeasterly about 675 metres along the Dobie grant to the prolongation of the southeastern line of a large grant to Captain Joseph Cunliffe, then southwesterly along the Cunliffe grant, striking the Saint John River about 150 metres downstream of the mouth of Quigg Brook, then up the Saint John; on the south by the Saint John River; on the northwest by the Carleton County line.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.
Bates Settlement
Bull Lake
Campbell Settlement
Caverhill
Central Waterville
Clarkville
County Line
East Waterville
Hainesville
Hartfield
Hawkins Corner
Maple Ridge
Maplewood
Middle Southampton
Millville
Nackawic
Nortondale
Pinder
Ritchie
Rossville
South Waterville
Southampton
Southampton Junction
Temperance Vale
Temple
Upper Southampton
West Waterville
Woodman
Woodstock Road
Bodies of water
Bodies of water at least partly within the parish.
Saint John River
Meductic Reach
Pokiok Reach
Burnt Lake Branch
Nackawic Stream
Bulls Creek
Farnhams Creek
Gibson Creek
Greer Creek
Bull Lake
Mactaquac Lake
more than a half-dozen other officially named lakes
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. Ayers Lake Stream Protected Natural Area Becaguimec Wildlife Management Area Carr Falls Brook Protected Natural Area Greer Creek Protected Natural Area Woodman Protected Natural Area
Demographics
Parish population total does not include Millville and Nackawic
Population
Population trend
Language
Mother tongue (2016)