Kings
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Location within New Brunswick
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| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| Established | 1785 |
| Electoral Districts Federal | Fundy Royal / New Brunswick Southwest |
| Area | |
| • Land | 3,482.35 km2 (1,344.54 sq mi) |
| Population
(2021)[1]
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| • Total | 71,184 |
| • Density | 20.4/km2 (53/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  3.3% |
| • Dwellings | 30,283 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Area code | 506 |
Kings County is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada. Its historical shire town is Hampton and it was named as an expression of loyalty to the British Crown.[2] Both the Saint John and Kennebecasis rivers pass through the county.
Approximately half of the Kings County population of 68,941 (as of 2016)[3] lives in suburbs of the nearby city of Saint John.
There are seven municipalities within Kings County (listed by 2016 population):[4]
| Official name | Designation | Area km2 | Population | Parish |
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| Quispamsis | Town | 57.21 | 18,245 | Rothesay |
| Rothesay | Town | 34.72 | 11,659 | Rothesay |
| Grand Bay-Westfield | Town | 59.78 | 4,964 | Westfield |
| Hampton | Town | 21.09 | 4,289 | Hampton |
| Sussex | Town | 8.95 | 4,282 | Sussex |
| Sussex Corner | Village | 9.34 | 1,461 | Sussex |
| Norton | Village | 75.35 | 1,382 | Norton |
The county is subdivided into fifteen parishes (listed by 2016 population):[4]
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kings County had a population of 71,184 living in 28,464 of its 30,283 total private dwellings, a change of 3.3% from its 2016 population of 68,941. With a land area of 3,482.35 km2 (1,344.54 sq mi), it had a population density of 20.4/km2 (52.9/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
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Although not everyone in this list was born in Kings County, they all live or have lived in Kings County and have had significant connections to the communities.
| Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
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| Winston Bronnum | Sussex | Sculptor | 1929 | 1991 | |
| Chris Cummings | Norton | Country music singer | 1975 | ||
| John Peters Humphrey | Hampton | Lawyer | 1905 | 1995 | diplomat, scholar and principal author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| Anna Ruth Lang | Nauwigewauk | Recipient of the Canadian Cross of Valour (1982) | |||
| Hugh J. McCormick | Kennebecasis Island | Speed Skater | 1854 | 1910 | World professional speed skater 1890-1892 |
| George McCready Price | Havelock | Creationist | 1870 | 1963 | |
| Anna McNulty | Grand Bay-Westfield | YouTuber | 2002 |
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