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.[5]
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.[8][9][10]
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abcd"No. 102". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 112, 113, and 124 at same site.
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abcd"306"(PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 324–326, 345–347, 366, and 367 at same site.