Springhill, Nova Scotia
Springhill is a community located in central Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Main Street, Springhill | |
Springhill Location of Springhill in Nova Scotia | |
| Coordinates: 45°40′N 64°4′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Nova Scotia |
| Municipality | Municipality of the County of Cumberland |
| Founded | 1790 |
| Incorporated | March 30, 1889 |
| Dissolved (merger with county) | April 1, 2015 |
| Electoral Districts Federal | Cumberland—Colchester |
| Provincial | Cumberland South |
| Government | |
| • Councillors | Mark Joseph (District 6 Councillor) and Angel McCormick (District 5 Councillor) |
| • MLA | Tory Rushton (PC) |
| • MP | Dr. Stephen Ellis (PC) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 4.84 km2 (1.87 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 183 m (600 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 122 m (400 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 2,654 |
| • Density | 548.1/km2 (1,420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Postal code | B0M |
| Area code | 902 |
| Telephone exchange | 597, 763 |
| Median Earnings* | $29,037 |
| NTS Map | 21H9 Springhill |
| GNBC Code | CBKDH |
| Website | https://cumberlandcounty.ns.ca/ |
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The community was founded as "Springhill Mines". Coal mining led to economic growth, with its incorporation as a town in 1889. The mines in the Springhill coalfield were established in the 19th century, and by the early 1880s were being worked by the Cumberland Coal & Railway Company Ltd. and the Springhill & Parrsboro Coal & Railway Company Ltd. These entities merged in 1884 to form the Cumberland Railway & Coal Company Ltd., which its investors sold in 1910 to the industrial conglomerate Dominion Coal Company Ltd. (DOMCO). All coal mining had ceased in the area by the early 1970s. The community is famous for both the Springhill Mining Disaster and being the childhood home of international recording star Anne Murray, who is honoured by the Anne Murray Centre, a popular tourist attraction.
As of 2015 the mine properties, among the deepest in the world with the No. 2 mine reaching 14,300 feet, are filled with water. They provide Springhill's industrial park with geothermal heating. Geothermal energy from the waters of the abandoned mines is capable of providing heating and cooling for large buildings through the use of heat pumps. Because the water in a mine circulates by convection, shallow wells produce water of a temperature significantly higher than groundwater of the same depth.
In 2015 the Town of Springhill amalgamated into the Municipality of the County of Cumberland.