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Located 6.38 km SE of Summer Hill and 1.5 km NE of the boundary line between Hampstead Parish and Petersville Parish: Hampstead Parish, Queens County: included Sharps Settlement; Mahoods Corner named for Samuel Mahood, surveyor and teacher; Shorts Corner, named for Albert Short; Barnetts Corner named for Robert Barnett; and West Jerusalem: also included Polleyhurst: PO 1883-1928 with Richard Polley as the first postmaster: in 1898 Polleyhurst was a farming settlement with 1 post office and a population of 50: PO New Jerusalem 1850-1935: in 1871 New Jerusalem and surrounding district had a population of 250: in 1898 New Jerusalem was a farming community with 1 post office, 2 stores, 2 churches and a population of 125: New Jerusalem is no longer a community as it was located within the area expropriated for CFB Gagetown.

Latitude : 45° 35'

Longitude : 66° 12'

County : Queens

Parish : Hampstead

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Inchby 1.85 0° N
Vincent 2.6 270° W
West Jerusalem 3.89 270° W
The Manor 4.31 65° ENE
Kembles Manor 4.31 65° ENE
Hamilton Mountain 4.31 115° ESE
Shortholme 4.53 145° SE
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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