Harcourt, New Brunswick

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Village in New Brunswick, Canada

Harcourt

Weldford

Village

Harcourt

Location of Harcourt in New Brunswick

Coordinates: 46°28′12″N 65°14′45″W﻿ / ﻿46.469917°N 65.245744°W﻿ / 46.469917; -65.245744
Country| Canada
Province| New Brunswick
County| Kent County
Parish| Harcourt Parish
Settlement Established| 1869
Name changed to Harcourt| 1894
Elevation

| 60.00 m (196.85 ft)
Population

(2011)

• Total

| 390
Time zone| UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-3 (ADT)
Canadian Postal code|

E4T

Area code| 506

Harcourt is a Canadian unincorporated community, located in Kent County, New Brunswick. The community is situated in southeastern New Brunswick, Between Moncton and Nouvelle-Arcadie. Population, according to Statistics Canada Census 2011, is 390. Average age of population is 50. Harcourt is located around the intersection of Route 116 and Route 126.

## Education

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Most students go to Harcourt School.[1]

## History

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A settlement called Weldford was first established on this site in 1869 when the railway was constructed. By 1871 the population was 150. In 1894 the settlement was renamed Harcourt and by 1898 the population had grown to 250 and had become the site of a station on the Intercolonial Railway. Harcourt was a farming and lumbering settlement with 7 stores, 2 hotels, 1 tannery, 1 sawmill, 1 hemlock bark extract factory, 1 carriage factory, 3 churches.[2]

The plane carrying T. Babbitt Parlee crashed near here in 1957.[3]

See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Kent County, New Brunswick

## Bordering communities

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* Bryants Corner, New Brunswick
* Grangeville, New Brunswick
* Mortimer, New Brunswick

## Notable people

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Main article: List of people from Kent County, New Brunswick

## See also

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* List of communities in New Brunswick

## References

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1. ^ Government of New Brunswick Harcourt School.
2. ^ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
3. ^ "Missing Plane Found; 3 Dead". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. 18 May 1957. p. 2. Retrieved 19 July 2015 - via Newspapers.com.

## External links

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* Statistics Canada Census 2011

46°23′48″N 65°11′3″W﻿ / ﻿46.39667°N 65.18417°W﻿ / 46.39667; -65.18417

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