Coldbrook is a Canadian

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community in Kings County,

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. At the 2021 census, the population was 1,206.

History

A large farm in the area was named "Colebrook" after a community in Wales, but the village became known as Cold Brook Station in 1869 when the

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arrived. The railway led to growth of two saw mills and a large apple export warehouse built in 1908 as well as a bulk oil depot in the late 1920s for White Rose Gasoline. The United Fruit Companies apple growers co-op built a pair of large warehouses and a processing plant at Coldbrook in 1946. This plant later became the Scotian Gold Co-operative plant in 1957, which remains a large employer at its plant and retail store. Coldbrook became the "end of track" for the

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in March 1990 when the line abandoned all of its tracks west of Coldbrook. Rail service ended completely in 1993."Coldbrook", Dominion Atlantic Railway Digital Preservation Institute
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Demographics

;Coldbrook part A In the

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conducted by

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, Coldbrook part A had a population of 233 living in 112 of its 112 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 240. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. ;Coldbrook part B In the

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, Coldbrook part B had a population of 973 living in 388 of its 399 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,025. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Together, they had a combined population of 1,206. This was a -4.6% decrease compared to the combined population from 5 years prior.

References

Communities in Kings County, Nova Scotia Designated places in Nova Scotia {{KingsNS-geo-stub