Background
A County of Sydney was created within 1784. Its boundaries were established by Governor & Council in December 16, 1785.

After St. Mary's Town was established around 1818 it was part inside Sydney County & partially within Halifax County. Inside 1822 that a share of St. Mary's Town which experienced been around Halifax County was annexed to the County of Sydney.

Withinside 1836 Sydney County was diminished in size while Guysborough County was established out of what got been a portion of it . Within 1863 a title of the County of Sydney was changed to Antigonish County. A word Antigonish is of Mi'kmaq origin, possibly derived from Nalegitkoonecht meaning "where branches are torn off". These are said that there were bears in the area that broke down branches for beech nuts.

A town of Antigonish is home to Saint Francis Xavier University . Antigonish County is as well house to Pomquet Village, a little Acadian village dating back to 1774.

Communities
Towns Antigonish

Reserves Pomquet & Afton 23 Summerside 38

County Municipality Subdivisions Antigonish, Subd. A Antigonish, Subd. B

Unincorporated Addington Forks Afton Arisaig Ashdale Aulds Cove Ballantynes Cove Bayfield Brierly Brook Caledonia Mills Cape George Clydesdale Crystal Cliffs Doctors Brook Dunmaglass Frankville Fraser Mills Georgeville Glen Alpine Glen Road Havre Boucher Heatherton Ireland James River Lakevale Linwood Livingstone Cove Lochaber Lower South River Malignant Cove Mattie Settlement McAras Brook Monastery Morristown Morvan New France North Grant North Lochaber Ohio Pomquet Salt Springs Southside Antigonish Harbour St. Andrews St. Joseph Tracadie Upper Big Tracadie Upper South River

Highways
Main road that do across Antigonish come when follows: Arterial Main road: Trans-Canada Highway #104 Trunk Main road: #4, #7, #16 Collector Main road: #245, #316, #337

Protected Areas
Arisaig Provincial Park Bayfield Provincial Park Beaver Mountain Provincial Park Eigg Mountain-James Flow of any stream woods area Pomquet Beach Provincial Park

Demographics
(Actual cost Canada, 2001) Population: 19,578 Population vary (1996-2001): Cypher.1 Dwellings: 8,377 Area (sq. kilometer): 1,457.90 Density (by the sq. klick.): Baker's dozen.4 National rank within terms of people: 226 Provincial rank within terms of people: 12

Surrounding counties
Pictou County, Nova Scotia Guysborough County, Nova Scotia