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Located on W side of the St. John River, 5.71 km NNW of
Connell:
Simonds Parish,
Carleton County: settled in 1832 and first called Buttermilk Creek: renamed for Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), heroine of the Crimean War (1853-1856) and founder of modern nursing: PO
Florenceville from the year 1853: in 1871 Florenceville and the surrounding district had a population of 350: in 1898 it was a settlement with 1 post office, 6 stores, 1 hotel, 1 sawmill, 1 grist mill, 1 church and a population of 250: included PO
Florenceville East 1865-1907: in 1898 Florenceville East was a station on the Canadian Pacific Railway and a village with 3 stores, 1 hotel, 2 churches and a population of 200: PO
East Florenceville 1907-1962: Florenceville was incorporated as a village in 1966: It is the home of McCain Foods, one of the largest food processing operations in the world. It amalgamated with the adjacent village of
Bristol in 2008 to form Florenceville-Bristol.
Latitude
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46° 27'
Longitude
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67° 38'
County
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Carleton
Parish
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Simonds
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