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Located 5.5 km WNW of Fredericton Junction and 5.71 km SSW of Tracyville: Gladstone Parish, Sunbury County: Jeremiah Tracy (1744-1812) was an early settler from Maine: his descendants operated mills here: included Klondike Settlement, which was named for a river and district in the Yukon where gold was discovered in 1896: also included North Branch: PO 1867-1871: in 1866 North Branch was a farming community with about 8 families, including 5 Alexander families: PO Tracey Station 1871-1925: in 1866 it was a farming settlement with approximately 80 resident families including 8 Boone, 7 Harris, 17 Tracy and 6 Webb families: in 1898 Tracy was a flag station on the Canadian Pacific Railway with 1 post office, 2 stores, 1 church and a population of 100: PO Tracy from 1925 with H.E. Tracey as first postmaster: Tracy was incorporated as a village in 1966.