New Zion, New Brunswick
New Zion is a Canadian unincorporated community in Northfield Parish, Sunbury County, New Brunswick.

It is located 5 kilometres southwest of Minto.

History

New Zion was settled in 1860 and by 1866 it became a farming and coal mining settlement of about three families (Cokeley / Coakley, Corey, and Sowers, however New Zion was in Sheffield Parish by at least as early as 1851 as Northfield Parish was not established until 1857.  James H. Sowers was the first postmaster of New Zion, with the first post office established in 1875.

Notable people

See also
List of communities in New Brunswick

References

Communities in Sunbury County, New Brunswick