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Place names compiled by Norman and Margaret Harrison (March - May 2002)
Reference Nova Scotia Map Book
#	PRESENT NAMES  (1985)	Page	Grid Ref.	Old Place Name	Comment
1	Advocate Harbour	13	B2	Avocat - 1767
2	Aikens	22	A5
3	Amherst	18	A2		Memalooskudaagun/Nemcheboogwek "going up rising ground".
4	Amherst Head	18	C1
5	Amherst Point	18	A2
6	Amherst Shore	17	D5	Rockwell's Settlement
7	Apple River	13	B1		Agoomakum "herring fishery".
8	Athol	18	A4	Little Forks	Changed - 1871, named for 4th Duke of Athol.
9	Athol Road	18	B4
10	Athol Station	18	A4		Named by the InterColonial Railroad 1872.
11	Atkinson	18	E4	Atkinson Siding, Sodom (Mrs. JH Webb)	Near Westchester.
12	Avonville			Avonville (AFChurch)
13	Barronsfield	12	E3		After Capt. Edward Barron in 1765.
14	Beckwith	18	D2	Centerville
15	Beecham Settlement	18	C1
16	Birchwood	18	D3
17	Black River Road	18	B4
18	Black Rock	13	E2	Union Valley
19	Blue Sea Corner	22	C2		North of Tatamagouche 1785.
20	Brookdale	18	B2		River Nappan.
21	Brookville	13	C2		On Greville Bay, Minas channel, west of Parrsboro.
22	Cameron Beach	18	E2
23	Carrington	18	D2	Eel Creek	Changed 1910.  Still a Carrington Rd. as Eel Creek.
24	Chapman Settlement	18	C1		Named for the settlers.
25	Chignecto	18	A3	Sigunectoe 1691	Sigunikt "a foot cloth".
26	Claremont	18	C4		After a place in Surrey, England.
27	Collingwood Corner	18	C4		After Admiral Lord Collingwood (1750-1810)
28	Conns Mills	18	E3		After the settler Andrew Conn, miller.
29	Dewar Hill				On Pugwash Basin. After the settler D. Dewar, 1801.
30	Diligent River	13	D2	Gascogne, Diligence River (AFChurch)	Named by Gov. Parr.
31	East Advocate	13	B2
32	East Amherst	18	A2
33	East Apple River	13	B1
34	East Frazerville	13	C2		On Greville Bay, after Francis Fraser.
35	East Hansford	18	E3
36	East Leicester	18	C2		After a town in England.
37	East Linden	18	D1
38	East Mapleton	18	B5
39	East Southampton	18	A5
40	East Wallace	22	B2		Remsheg grant 1784.
41	East Wentworth	22	B4
42	Eatonville	13	A1	Three Sisters	Renamed for D.R. and C.F. Eaton, 1871.
43	Farmington	18	C5		After Farmington, Gloucester, England.
44	Fenwick	18	A3		After Sir Fenwick Williams, Lt. Gov. of Nova Scotia  1865 - 1867.
45	Fort Lawrence	18	A2		Kwesonslegek / Kwesomalegek "a hardwood point".
46	Fountain Rd.	22	A2
47	Fox Harbour	22	B2	Stonehouse - 1784
48	Fox River	13	D2		On the Fox River, west of Parrsboro.
49	Fraserville	13	B2
50	Glasgow Mountain	13	D1
51	Glenville	18	C3
52	Green Hill	19	A2		On the Minas Basin, east of Parrsboro.
53	Greenville Station	18	E4		Named for the settlers. SE of Oxford.
54	Gulf Shore	22	A2		East of Pugwash Hbr, on Northumberland Strait.
55	Halfway River	12	D5
56	Halfway River East	12	E5
57	Halfway River Station	13	E1		Settled 1778, 7 miles north of Parrsboro.
58	Hansford	18	D3	Lower Victoria about 1904
59	Harrison Road	18	A3		South of Amherst, near the Maccan River.
60	Harrison Settlement	12	E5		Named for the settlers, William and Robert.
61	Hartford	18	E3		After a village in Cheshire, England.
62	Hastings	18	B2	Porter Town	Changed in 1864 in honour of Warren Hastings, English statesman.
63	Head of Wallace Bay	20	A2
64	Heather Beach	18	E1
65	Jackson Point	17	C5
66	Jersey (new)	18	E4
67	Joggins	12	D3		Chegoggin
68	Kirkhill	13	E1	Kirk's Hill	After James Kirkpatrick in 1812.
69	Klondike
70	Kolbec	18	D3	Kolbeck	Named for the settlers.
71	Lake Killarney	18	D2
72	Lakelands	13	E1		Descriptive of the area. 3 miles north of Parrsboro.
73	Leamington	18	B4	Maccan Mountain	Renamed in 1886 for Leamington, Warwickshire, England.
74	Lily	18	D4	Millvale, Westchester Grant	Changed about 1904 or 1905.
75	Linden	18	D1	Goose River	Changed in 1882.
76	Little Forks	18	B3		Settled in 1788.
77	Little River	18	C3		Keskoospaak "where they catch beaver".
78	Lorneville	17	C5		After the Marquis of Lorne, Governor General of Canada, 1878-1883.
79	Lower Cove	12	D3		J.F.W. desBarres in1765.
80	Lower Greenville	22	A4		SE of Oxford.
81	Lower Gulfshore	22	B2
82	Lower Maccan	12	E3		Named by English settlers. West side of the Maccan River.
83	Lower River Hebert	12	E3
84	Lower Shinimicas	18	C1		"Shining River".
85	Lower Wentworth	22	A3
86	Maccan	18	A3	Maccan Station	Maagan or Maakan "fishing place". Named by InterColonial Railroad 1872.
87	Mahoney Corner	22	A4
88	Malagash	22	C3		Malegawach / Malegawate "the mocking place".
89	Malagash Center	22	C3
90	Malagash Mine	22	C2
91	Malagash Point	22	C2		Wagwoskoogwek
92	Malagash Station	22	B3
93	Mansfield	18	C2		After Lord Mansfield.
94	Mapleton	18	A5
95	Middleboro	22	A3	Hillsborough	Changed 1846 after Middleborough, Yorkshire, England.
96	Mill Creek	12	E3		Booktowaagon
97	Millvale	18	D4
98	Minudie	12	E3		Menoodek "a small bag".
99	Moose River	19	A2		Kesegwichk "current flows swiftly".
100	Mount Pleasant	18	D2	Rosendale
101	Nappan	18	A3		Menabank "washed away".
102	New Canaan	18	A5
103	New Prospect	19	A1
104	New Salem	13	B1
105	New Yarmouth	13	A2
106	Newton Brook	13	E2
107	Newville	12	E5
108	North Greville	13	C1
109	North Middleboro	22	A3
110	Northport	18	D1		In use since 1875.
111	North Wallace	22	B2
112	Oxford	18	D3	Slabtown
113	Oxford Junction	18	D3	Clifton
114	Parrsboro	13	E2	Mill Village	Awokum "a portage", renamed for Governor Parr.
115	Parrsboro Shore	13	C2
116	Partridge Island	13	E2
117	Pettigrew Settlement	12	E5		Near Fullerton lake.
118	Port Greville	13	C2	Ratchford River	Changed in 1865.
119	Port Howe	18	E2	Toney Bay	Renamed in 1883 for Admiral Lord Howe.
120	Port Phillip	18	E2		Mouth of River Phillip, 1867.
121	Port Salter				Mouth of Ramshead River, 1882.
122	Pugwash	18	E2	Waterford	Pagwechk "shallow water or shoal".
123	Pugwash Junction	22	A2
124	Pugwash Point	18	E2
125	Pugwash River	18	E2
126	Ragged Reef	12	D4
127	River Hebert	12	E3		Named for Louis Hébert, French settler.
128	River Hebert East	12	E3
129	River Philip	18	C4		Kesooskiboogwek "flowing through hemlocks".
130	River Philip Centre	18	C4
131	River Side Beach	13	E2		On the Minas Basin, east of Parrsboro.
132	Riverview	18	D2
133	Rockley	18	E2		Quarries operated by Amos "King" Seaman.
134	Rodney	18	B4		Named for Admiral Lord Rodney.
135	Rose	18	D5	Westchester Mountain  (Mrs. JH Webb)
136	Rosendale / Rossendale	18	D2
137	Roslin	18	D3	Rosslin (AFChurch)
138	Salem	18	B3
139	Salt Springs Station	18	C4
140	Sand River	12	B5		Agoomakunuk
141	Shinimicas Bridge	18	C1		"Shining River".
142	Shulie	12	C4		"a shoe from French - soulier"?
143	South Athol	18	A4
144	South Brook	18	A5
145	South Middleboro	22	A3
146	South Pugwash	22	A2
147	South Victoria	18	E3
148	Southampton	18	A5	Maccan Grant	Renamed for Southampton, England, 1872.
149	Spencer's Island	13	B2		Wochuk, renamed for the settlers.
150	Springhill	18	B4
151	Springhill Jct.	18	B3
152	Stanley	18	B3
153	Stonehouse	22	A2	Remsheg	Renamed in 1784 for Stonehouse, Devonshire, England.
154	Strathcona
155	Street's Ridge	18	E3		Named for the settlers.
156	Sutherland Lake	18	E5
157	Thomson Station	18	D4	Tillot's Creek	Local mill owner.
158	Tidnish	17	B5		Mtagunechk "a paddle".
159	Tidnish Bridge	17	B5
160	Tidnish Cross Road	17	C5
161	Truemanville	18	B2		In 1876 for Amos Trueman 1817.
162	Two Islands	19	A2
163	Two Rivers	12	D4
164	Tyndal Road	18	B2
165	Union Valley			Black Rock
166	Upper Nappan	18	A2
167	Upper Pugwash	18	E2
168	Valley Road	18	C4
169	Victoria	18	E3		In honour of Queen Victoria.
170	Wallace	22	B2	Remsheg	Renamed in 1810 for Hon. Michael Wallace.
171	Wallace Bay	22	A2
172	Wallace Bridge	22	B2
173	Wallace Bridge Station	22	A2
174	Wallace Grant	22	B3
175	Wallace Highlands	22	B3
176	Wallace Ridge	22	B3
177	Wallace River	22	A2
178	Wallace Station	22	B2
179	Ward's Brook	13	C2
180	Warren	18	B2		Named for Warren Hastings, English statesman.
181	Wentworth	22	A4		Named for Sir John Wentworth, Lt. Governor of Nova Scotia, 1792-1808.
182	Wentworth Centre	22	A4
183	Wentworth Station	22	A4
184	Wentworth Valley	22	A5
185	West Advocate	13	A2
186	West Amherst	18	A2
187	West Apple River	13	A1
188	West Brook	12	E5
189	West Hanford	18	D3
190	West Harrington River	19	B1
191	West Leicester	18	D3
192	West Linden	18	D1
193	West Pugwash	18	E2
194	Westchester
195	West Wentworth	22	A4
196	Westchester Station	18	E4	Greenville
197	Westchester Valley	18	E5
198	Wharton	13	D1		Named for Lord Wharton, N.J. Vounteers.
199	Williamsdale	18	C5	East Branch River Philip	Renamed 1867.
200	Windham Hill	18	C4
201	Wyvern	18	C5	West Branch River Philip	Renamed 1890.
202	York Settlement	13	D1		Named for the settlers.  N.J. Volunteers who served in the American Revolution.

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