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. Both the Saint John and Kennebecasis rivers pass through the county.
Approximately half of the Kings County population of 71,184 (as of 2021) lives in suburbs of the nearby city of Saint John.
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Census subdivisions
Communities
There are seven municipalities within Kings County (listed by 2016 population):
Parishes
The county is subdivided into fifteen parishes (listed by 2016 population):
Demographics
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.
Notable people
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.