New Maryland, New Brunswick
New Maryland is an affluent suburban bedroom community of Fredericton in central New Brunswick, Canada; located directly south of Fredericton, south of Route 2 and Route 101. As of 2021, the population was 4,153, which means it is large enough to become a "town". New Maryland alongwith having one of the highest average household networth has a median household income of over $116,000, the highest of any municipality in New Brunswick and across all of Atlantic Canada.
New Maryland was officially incorporated as a village on June 1, 1991. Today the village is home to many businesses including a pub, pharmacy, post office, hairdressers, a vehicle repair shop, and two gas stations along with several more small businesses. New Maryland is also home to and multiple daycares which serve the village and its outlying areas. Virtually all of the residents now commute to Fredericton.
History
The village gets its name from a settler, Mr. Arnold, who traveled to the area from the state of Maryland, United States, in 1817. The area was originally referred to as "Maryland" or "Maryland Hill," but began to be referred to as "New Maryland" in 1825.New Maryland is the site of the last fatal gun duel in New Brunswick which occurred between George Frederick Street and George Ludlow Wetmore on October 2, 1821 This proclamation appears on the sign for New Maryland on the adjacent Trans-Canada Highway, Route 2. Wetmore–Street Pub, located within the village, gets its name from the two combatants in this duel.