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KENTVILLE
The French Acadian settlement of Les Mines may have included the site of this Town. One of the first English grantees was Jonathan Darrow, whose grant was dated February 19, 1766. On Septmeber 16, 1766, all or part of this grant was deeded to James Fillis and Joseph Pierce. James Fillis erected a house soon afterwards. About 1788, Henry Magee arrived to begin settlement and eventually became one of the first storekeepers at Horton Corner. By 1800 the village was comprised of fourteen houses and Magee's store and in 1886 it was incorporated as a town. Across the Cornwallis River Negro settlements sprang up after the war of 1812 which sent many of these refugees to Canada. In Pine Woods or the Pines, the original families were named: Bear, Jones, Landrey and Smith. Gibsons Woods were so called from the name of the chief settlers.
St. James Anglican Chapel of ease was built in 1843-46, consecrated on September 4, 1848, moved and enlarged in 1882. The corner-stone of the new St. James' Church was laid October 11, 1922. A Baptist church was opened on November 8, 1874. The colored Baptists of Kentville Pines built a new Meeting house in 1875. The new United Baptist Church was dedicated on January 3, 1960. The corner-stone was laid on October ,1959. About 1850 a Catholic Church was erected. It was completed by December 10th, 1853. The corner-stone of the new St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church was laid on October 26, 1892. One of the first meeting houses in the town was built by the Methodists about 1821. A new meeting house was built about 1849 which was used as a court-house and jail after the court-house burned. This meeting house burned down about 1860. St. Paul's Presbyterian Church was built in 1859 and dedicated on May 22nd, 1859. The new St. Paul's Church which became the property of the United Church of Canada was opened January 17, 1915. The Christian Reformed Church was opened and dedicated in November 1961. Kentville Pentecostal Church was opened and dedicated on December 6th and 7th, 1959.
A central school for Kings County was built at Kentville in 1826-1827. Andrew Black was schoolmaster between 1825 and 1831. Before 1910 two more schools were built, one of them on Cornwallis Street, the other the Kentville Academy built in 1875 was destroyed by fire on February 10, 1883. About 1860 Robert Romans founded a separate Grammer School in Redden's Hall on the Mill Brook road. In 1904 a new building was erected to house the Manual Training and Domestic Science departments of the Academy. Construction was due to begin on a new school in spring of 1912. In 1929 a new $80,000 school was under construction and due to open in January or February, 1930. In 1935 the first Junior High School was completed at Kentville. A new elementary school was opened May 13, 1964. The two wings of Kentville High School were built in 1955 and 1965.
A post office was established in 1828. Before 1826 the township court-house and jail were established here. The court-house burned down in 1849 and on march 31st, 1849, an Act was passed by the Nova Scotia Legislature enabling the inhabitants of Kings County to rebuild their court-house and jail on the county grounds. In 1903, a new Municipal building which contained the court-house was erected and in 1907, a new larger jail was built. A new fire hall was completed in 1967. Kentville Federal building was completed on April 9, 1963.
A Government owned and operated Tuberculosis Sanatorium was completed in 1904. Fraser memorial Hospital was built in 1938 and expanded in 1961-64.
Some of the early hotels were: The Royal Oak opened about 1790, Angus House and Broggs Inn, both opened about 1812, and Kentville Inn, built in 1815. The Cornwallis Inn was built in two hundred and eight days and opened in December, 1930. Palmeters Country Home Motel opened in August 1962.
A public subscription library was established in 1826. A new tourist information bureau was opened in July , 1959 , and a new public swimming pool was opened at the Memorial Park in July, 1960.
Newspapers published in Kentville were : The Western Chronicle, begun by Joseph A. Cogswell, in 1873; The Kentville Advertiser, begun by Dr. F. H. Eaton in 1878 and is still going in 1966; The Watchman, a temperance paper published at the Western Chronicle office in 1879; The Farmers Manuel published by George W. Woodworth in 1880; The Twentieth Century published Frederick C. Malloney in 1898; The Wedge, begun by George W. Woodworth in 1898 and published for a short time by two of his sons after 1901; The Acadian Orchardist begun by Dr. F.H. Eaton in 1892. The X-Ray published by patients of the Sanitorium in 1919. In 1927 the name was changed to The Health Rays and it was still being published in 1954. The Maritime Baptist, published here 1933-38; The Danske Herald, a Danish paper edited by Odin Kuntze, 1934-40; The Berwick Star and the Templar were also printed here for a short time.
The Railway completed to Kentville in August 1868, was opened from Windsor to Annapolis in 1869. The Central Valley Railway Company with lines between Kentville and Kingsport was opened in 1890 and was sold to the D. A. R. in 1892.
Kings County Agricultural Society was founded on December 10, 1789. A farm for an Experimental Horticultural Station was purchased about 1910, and put in operation about 1912. In March, 1959, its name was changed to Kentville Regional Research Station.
Stores, Garages, Hotels, Theatres, etc. constitute the basic industries in the town. Canada Foods Limited was established in 1943. The new Formex Plant was opened October 5, 1961. A.C.A. Co-Operative Association founded in 1945, built a new plant with refrigeration and poultry processing facilities about 1957-58. The new Continental Can Company Plant went into production September 23, 1965.
Population in 1961 was 4612.
KINGSPORT
This settlement is located north of the mouth of the Habitant River on the west side of Minas Basin in central Nova Scotia. It was so named because it was a "port" in Kings County. An early name was Indian Point. This Indian Point is mentioned as the location of lot 16, second division (Cornwallis township) granted to Benjamin Newcomb, probably in 1761. Another name was Oak Point.
The Methodist Church became Kingsport United Church in 1925. St. Thomas Anglican Mission Church was consecrated on March 17, 1908.
A new school-house was built in 1880.
The Central Valley Railway Company opened a line between Kentville and Kingsport in 1890. In 1892 it was taken over by the Dominion Atlantic Railway.
Farming, fruit raising and some fishing are carried on. The place had become somewhat of a summer resort by 1910.
Population in 1956 was 224.
KINGSTON
This village is located on the Annapolis River just east of the Annapolis-Kings County line in West-Central Nova Scotia. It was probably so named because the inhabitants hoped it would become a town. When the railway was completed in 1869 the name Kingston Station was used. On May 17, 1916, "Kingston Station" officially became "Kingston". The sites of both Kingston Station and Kingston Village were included in a three thousand acre grant made to John Terry on December 22, 1771. Land at North Kingston was granted to eight members of the Morrison family on July 7, 1785 and on February 15, 1787.
A Methodist Church was built in 1834. Some years later a Methodist Church was built in North Kingston. It was destroyed by fire in 1912. A new Church was opened and dedicated in 1914. A Baptist meeting house was opened in North Kingston on October 22, 1876. All Saints Anglican Church in Kingston was opened and dedicated on May 9, 1960.
A school-house was built in 1869. A new four-room school was built in 1948. In February 1961 plans were being made to construct a new consolidated school.
A postal office was opened about 1842 at Kingston village.
Kingston grew in population and took on considerable importance when Greenwood R.C.A.F. base was built nearby during World War II. Stores, garages and other business enterprises along with Agriculture made up the basic industries.
Population in 1956 was Kingston 1,434, North Kingston, 235.
KINSMAN CORNER
This rural area is located west of Kentville and near the sources of the Cornwallis River in central Nova Scotia. It was probably named after early settlers. The land was part of the Cornwallis township grant of 1761.
A school-house was built here about 1867. A postal way office was established on April 1, 1871, with Benjamin Kinsman as postmaster.
Population in 1956 was 85.
LAKE GEORGE
This settlement is located south of Lake George in west central Nova Scotia. It was probably named for an explorer or an early settler. Harvey Barteaux received two 100 acre grants here on January 20, 1854 and on September 5th, 1857. James H. Barteaux received a 165 acre grant on January 20, 1854.
A school-house was built in 1866. In 1877 it burned down and a new school was erected to replace it.
A postal way office was established August 1, 1872, with A.P. Hudgens as postmaster.
Lumbering is the basic industry.
LAKE PAUL
This settlement is located on the east side of Lake Paul in west-central Nova Scotia. It was probably named for an explorer or an early settler. Some of the grantees were: John. G. and Lemuel G. Merton on February 8, 1845, Samuel Woodworth and Ithamar Kellam [Killam] on December 6, 1853 and William Brennan on May 3, 1854.
School-houses were built in 1870 and 1891. In 1926 the school burned down and a new school was erected to replace it.
Lumbering and limited farming are the basic industries.
Population in 1956 was 82.
LAKEVILLE
This rural area is located about six miles directly south of Halls Harbour in central Nova Scotia. In April, 1860, part of Billtown was renamed "Lakeville" by the inhabitants because of the small lake nearby.
The land was part of the Cornwallis township which was granted in 1759 and 1761. Thomas Bligh moved to Nova Scotia from Philadelphia about 1799 or 1800 and settled just north of the site of the village.
A Presbyterian church was built sometime between 1857 and 1862. A school-house was built in 1867.
A postal way office was built in 1861.
Agriculture and limited lumbering constitute the industries.
Population in 1956 was 308.
LLOYDS
This settlement is located about three miles west of Tupper Lake in central Nova Scotia. It was probably named after early settlers. In the late 19th century, J. Best, J. Webster, and J. Woodman lived here and there was a sawmill on the creek.
Lumbering and milling are the basic industries.
LOCKHARTVILLE
This rural area is about three miles from Hansport on the west side of the Avon River near the mouth in the central part of Nova Scotia. An early name for this area was Horton Bluff and the Indian name for that area was Maktomkus, meaning "the black reek" or "the black rocks." About 1848 the name Lockhartville first appeared commemorating early settlers. The land was part of the grant made to the proprietors of Horton Township in 1759 and 1761.
A Baptist Church was erected about 1840. On June 22, 1876, the Brooklyn Baptist Church was organized and a church was built soon after. A Methodist Church was built before 1855.
A school-house was erected in 1866, it was burned before 1885.
A postal way office was established in 1857.
Farming is the main industry.
Population in 1956 was 277.
LONG BEACH
This settlement is located two miles west of Baxter Harbour in central Nova Scotia. It was so named because of a prominent natural feature.
New scholl-houses were built here in 1874 and in 1881.
Fishing, milling , shipping and shipbuilding have been major industries. More recently, the beach has become a summer resort area.
LONG POINT
This point is located near Harbourville on the south side of the mouth of Minas Channel in west-central Nova Scotia. This name is descriptive of a prominent point of land here and was given to the local school section.
A new school was erected here about 1878.
Long Point Postal Way Office was established in 1864.
Fishing, shipping and limited farming are the industries.
LOWER BLOMIDON
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LOWER CANARD
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MEDFORD
This rural area is located between the Pereau and habitant Rivers on the west side of Minas Basin in central Nova Scotia. An early name was Bass Creek. About 1855 the name was changed to "Medford" a name which was prompted by the ford across the creek and the surrounding meadow.
Some of the early settlers were : Jason Huntly, Ebenzer Eaton, and Mr. Harrington who were with the Planters who came in 1760. By 1798, Banjamin Weaver, Isaac Bigelow, Silas Weaver, and James, Abraham and Elijah Eaton had arrived.
A school was built about 1775 and was later replaced by a new building. The next school was built in 1855. It burned down and was replaced by a new building which was begun about 1881. This school was burned before it was completed but a new building was completed shortly afterwards.
A postal way office was established in 1856.
Farming and limited fishing are the basic industries.
Population in 1956 was 157.
MELANSON
This rural area is located on the Gaspereau River on central Nova Scotia. The Acadian village of Melanson was located in this area in the early 18th century. The site of this village was included in the Horton township grant and was parcelled out to the proprietors about 1761.
Farming is the basic industry.
Population in 1956 was 211.
MILLVILLE
This settlement is located south of Aylesford on the South River in west central Nova Scotia. It was named because of the saw mills that constituted the main industry in the 19th century. An early name was Waterville but this was changed in May, 1871, because there were two places of the same name in the County not far apart. The village site was part of a 3000-acre grant made to Charles Dixon on October 23, 1779 and a 300-acre grant made to Andrew Dennison on January 31, 1797.
Lumbering and milling have been the basic industries. A lumbering company was organized in 1935.
Population in 1956 was 301.
MORDEN
This settlement is located on the Bay of Fundy shore about four miles south-west of Victoria Harbour on west-central Nova Scotia. It was at one time known as French Cross from a cross erected here in memory of a number of Acadian refugees who died there during the winter of 1756. The latter name was given in honor of James Morden who received a grant of 5000 acres here on September 10, 1783. About 1847 a town site was laid out by Col. E.K.S. Butler and the settlement grew somewhat larger.
The Anglican Christ Church was erected in 1854 and consecrated on June 19,1855. It was destroyed by fire on April 24, 1905 and a new church was consecrated in August, 1910. The United Church was built by Methodists in 1901 and was dedicated on June 28, 1903.
A wharf or breakwater was constructed about 1842.
In August, 1964, a new Memorial cross was erected to replace the old one which was rapidly deteriorating.
Fishing and farming have been the basic industries.
Population in 1956 was 157.
MORRISTOWN
This settlement is located south of Berwick and approximately three miles north-west of Lake George in west-central Nova Scotia. It was probably named after early settlers. George Orpen, Benjamin Palmer and Daniel Farnsworth were grantees of the land in this area in 1810.
A Union Meeting House for Baptists and Methodists named Unicordia was opened on September 15, 1885. It was dismantled after the Methodists moved in 1875. The Baptists built a church which was dedicated on December 13, 1874, and it replaced a church which was dedicated on October 15, 1885.
Possibly there was a school-house here as early as 1839.
A postal way office was established in 1864.
Farming and lumbering are basic industries.
Population in 1956 was 220.
NEW CANAAN
This rural area is located about two miles south of Kentville in central Nova Scotia. It was probably named after the Biblical land of promise. On March 23, 1810, 5000 acres of land on Canaan Road, South Mountain, were granted to John Van Buskirk and others.
Walter Nichols had been teaching "in the settlement called New Canaan" for some time prior to May, 1813. A school meeting house was built about 1831. A school-house was erected about 1866. A new school was built in 1907 to replace one that had burned down.
A postal way office was opened at Canaan Road in 1864. Canaan Way Office was established on March 1, 1871, with Adolphus Bishop as office keeper.
Farming is the basic industry.
Population in 1956 was 129.
NEW MINAS
This settlement is located east of Kentville on the south side of the Cornwallis River about six miles from the mouth of the river in central Nova Scotia. The Minas Basin area received its name when the early French explorers discovered veins of copper at what they named Cap D'Or on the north side of the basin. The name, Les Mines, that they gave was changed to Minas and Minas Basin. Acadian settlement here probably began before 1700. In 1759 and 1761 this land became part of the Horton township grant.
The third Horton Baptist Church was built in 1856.
A school-house was built sometime prior to 1874. New schools were built in 1907 and in 1950.
A postal way office was opened in 1858.
Farming, especially fruit growing is the main industry. Acadian Foods Limited opened a new plant here on August 26, 1959. A new Maritime Cooperative Services feed mill was constructed in 1962.
Population in 1956 was 789.
NEW ROSS ROAD
This rural area is located approximately one mile south of Murphy Lake in central Nova Scotia. It was named because it was located on the New Ross Road between Kentville and Chester. On February 6, 1822, Quartermaster Alexander Johnson received a grant of five lots of land in this area.
A postal way office was established on July 1, 1873, with Owen McGarry as postmaster.
Farming and lumbering are the basic industries.
Population in 1956 was 82.
NEWTONVILLE
This rural area is located five miles south of Wolfville in central Nova Scotia. It was probably named safter early settlers. The village site was part of the Horton township grant of 1761.
Farming is the basic industry.
Population in 1956 was 64.
NICHOLSVILLE
This rural area is located on the South River in west-central Nova Scotia. It was probably named after early settlers. This area was included in a grant made to five members of the Barclay family on May 1, 1797.
A Methodist church was built here in 1875 and dedicated in march, 1876.
Samuel A. Randell was schoolmaster at "Nichols Settlement," Aylesford in 1838. A school was built about 1885.
Farming and lumbering are the basic industries.
Population in 1956 was 110.
NORTH ALTON
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NORTHS
This rural area is located about three miles north of Canning and approximately two miles from the western shore of Minas Basin in central Nova Scotia. It was probably named for the North family who were early residents. Settlement began in this area soon after Cornwallis township was granted to New England emigrants in 1761.
Farming is the basic industry.
Population in 1956 was 51.
NORTHVILLE
This rural area is located about five miles south-east of Halls Harbour in central Nova Scotia. It was probably so named because of its position.
Farming and lumbering are the basic industries.
Population in 1956 was 117.
OGILVIE
This settlement is located on the south side of the mouth of Minas Channel in west-central Nova Scotia. It was named after early settlers. The land was a part of Cornwallis township which was set up in 1761.
A postal way office was established on December 1, 1868, with J.W. Mills as postmaster.
Fishing and shipping have been the basic industries.
PEREAU
The rural area located north of Canning and west of Kingsport on the west side of Minas Basin in central Nova Scotia. The Indian names for Pereau were: "Upkowegun," meaning "a spruce covered wigwam." And "Wojechk," meaning "a white signal seen from afar," referring to a waterfall that could be seen at a distance. "Pereau" is probably an Acadian name. In 1759 and 1761 this land was granted to the proprietors of Cornwallis township. On April 6, 1803, David Lyons purchased land in the whitewater area near the Pereau River from Thomas M. Beckwith.
A Baptist Meeting house was erected about 1858. It burned down and a new church was erected in 1898.
Luke Pineo was schoolmaster at "Pero" in 1829. An Upper Pereau school-house was burned in 1874. It was replaced by a new school in 1893. A new school was opened at Pereau Mountains in 1891. A new school was built in "White Waters" section, Lower Pereau in 1878.
A postal way office was opened in Pereau in 1856 and at Lower Pereau in 1865. J.S. Newcomb was postmaster in the way office that was established April 1, 1873, at Upper Pereau.
Fishing, farming and lumbering are the main industries.
Population in 1956 was 184.
PORT WILLIAMS
This large village is located about three miles upstream from the mouth of the Cornwallis River in central Nova Scotia. The Cornwallis River was called by the Indians, "Chijekwtook" or "Chijiktoogwechk", "narrow and deep river." An early name for this village site was Terry's Creek. "Port Williams" was chosen in August 1856, in honour of Sir William Fenwick Williams, the hero of Kars. Settlement was begun by New England Planters soon after 1760. People named Terry and Lockwood were among the first residents.
A Baptist meeting house was begun about 1857, and either this church or a new one was opened in 1877. Possibly the church took a number of years to complete.
A four room school was built here in 1938.
A postal way office was opened in 1858. Port Williams Station Post Office was established on September 1, 1870, with Enoch A. Forsyth as Postmaster. A new Post Office building was opened in August, 1965.
A new community hall, containing a library and fire station was opened in January, 1958.
Bridges were constructed over the Cornwallis River about 1780 and in 1835. In August, 1856, a new toll bridge was opened.
Stores and garages are the main commercial enterprises. In 1936 there was a new fertilizer plant here. An apple processing plant was built in 1942.
Population in 1956 was 805.
PROSPECT
This rural area is located three miles south of Cambridge and about two miles north-west of Tupper Lake in central Nova Scotia. It was so named because of its scenic location on the South Mountain. Settlement in this area probably began in the early 19th century with people who were interested in exploiting the lumbering and milling industries.
A school-house was erected about 1870.
Lumbering and milling have been the basic industries.
Population in 1956 was 70.
Transcribed by: Susan Gowen
