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Hamonds Plains, Lucasville, Cobequid Rd., Maroon Hill

Hammond's Plains /Upper Hammonds Plains
Highway 1, Exit 213


- This area is composed of four different settlements: Pockwock, Camp-Town, Kehoe, and Upper Hammonds Plains. People are mostly descendants of the War of 1812 Refugees. Find Community Hall, a former African school, home of the Wiley Box factory (former cooperage c. 1812) and Emmanuel Baptist Church (org. 1845) - 633 Pockwock Road

 

Lucasville United Baptist Church
Lucasville, 619 Lucasville Road

- Lucasville United Baptist Church, (est. 1839).

 

Cobequid Road United Baptist Church
Cobequid Road, 526 Cobequid Rd, Lower Sackville

- Cobequid Road United Baptist Church, (organized 1902-1904)

 

Maroon Hill, Middle Sackville

- Formerly the small community of Boydville, settled by Christian Maroons who removed to Sierra Leone with the larger group of Maroons in 1800.

 

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