Southampton is a Canadian rural community in York County, New Brunswick.
The community is located on the east side of the Saint John River, 3.71 km south of Southampton Junction, a station located within the village of Nackawic-Millville, created when the New Brunswick Railway was constructed in the 1870s.
[1] A post office branch was established in 1853 and removed in 1914.
In 1866, Southampton was a farming community with approximately 68 resident families.
In 1898 Southampton had 1 post office, 3 stores, 2 churches and a population of 100.