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]
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]
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.
45°39′37.5″N 65°47′23.4″W / 45.660417°N 65.789833°W / 45.660417; -65.789833