Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSouthampton’s surroundings: 11 historic places within 50 km
The closest top-tier heritage to Southampton is in Woodstock, 26 km away. Records name 6 people born in Southampton before 1914; the first is Eunice D. Kinney. A further one sits a short way past the edge of town.
11 historic places within 50 km of Southampton
Between them, 5 towns share them, mainly Woodstock, Fredericton and Prince William. Closest of all is Government of Canada Building, in Woodstock, 25 km off. For the highest designations, the nearest of 5 is Connell House, 25 km away.
The 11 nearest, within 50 km
| Government of Canada BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1955–1956 · 25 km away, in Woodstock |
| L. P. Fisher Public LibraryLocal historic place · 1914 · 25 km away, in Woodstock |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1904–1906 · 25 km away, in Woodstock |
| Connell HouseNational Historic Site · 1839–1841 · 25 km away, in Woodstock |
| Old Carleton County Court HouseProvincial heritage place · 1833 · 27 km away, in Woodstock |
| Kings Landing Historical SettlementProvincial heritage place · 30 km away, in Prince William |
| Hartland Covered BridgeNational Historic Site · 1901–1902 · 33 km away, in Wakefield |
| WolastoqNational Historic Site · 42 km away, in Kingsclear |
| Old Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1826–1829 · 49 km away, in Fredericton |
| St. Anne's Chapel of EaseNational Historic Site · 1846–1848 · 50 km away, in Fredericton |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Fredericton, New BrunswickHeritage Railway Station · 1923–1924 · 50 km away, in Fredericton |
Just outside Southampton: 1
| Mehtawtik (Meductic) VillageNational Historic Site · 100 m outside the town |
Within 50 km of Southampton, the oldest record dates from 1826
The area here stretches to 50 km around Southampton: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
The earliest is Old Government House in Fredericton, begun in 1826. 9 dated places within 50 km make up the record. 4 predate Confederation.
The biggest share of Southampton’s homes dates from 1981 to 2000: 34%
Half of the homes standing in Southampton today were built before 2001. Like the typical town (18%), Southampton has 18% of its homes from before 1961. Southampton built little from 2001 to 2015: 11% of its homes, where most towns have 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born in Southampton, 1851 to 1901
The widest known is Roland H. Hartley: 8 Wikipedia editions. There are 6 people born here before 1914 with an article to show for it. Longest lived was Eunice D. Kinney, 91 years in all (1942). Of the 6, 3 were born in the years before Confederation.
Everyone born in Southampton → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Southampton and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton | 1,616 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Nackawic | 1,019 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Northampton | 1,981 | 0 | 0 | — |
Southampton in brief
Older stock first: 18% of homes in Southampton were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Its people of the past include Roland H. Hartley (1864), Charles Dow Richards (1879) and Eunice D. Kinney (1851).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
Questions about Southampton’s history
How many historic places does Southampton have on the registers?
None inside Southampton yet. The nearest is Government of Canada Building, 25 km away in Woodstock.
How old are the homes in Southampton?
The 2021 Census dates 18% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).