Sussex Parish, New Brunswick
Sussex is a civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it was divided for governance purposes between the town of Sussex, the village of Sussex Corner, and the local service district of the parish of Sussex (which further included the special service area of Apohaqui), all of which were members of Regional Service Commission 8 (RSC8). Origin of name Historian William Francis Ganong noted that Sussex, New Jersey was a Loyalist stronghold and that members of a New Jersey regiment settled in the area. The fact that the names of the four original parishes and two 1795 parishes of Kings County are all found in New Jersey is also mentioned. The Duke of Sussex origin noted elsewhere is problematic, as he didn't hold that title until 1801. Notable is that the names of Kings County's pre-1800 parishes all occur in both New Jersey and North Carolina. History Sussex was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of the county, stretching from Kennebecasis Bay to the eastern line of the county, which then was north of St. Martins. In 1787 a large area was added to Sussex when the county's eastern boundary