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Sussex is a town in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada, located about seventy kilometers north-north-east of Saint John.
The town of Sussex became incorporated in 1895 after the construction of a railway and a highway though the area, but it was only officially established on April 30, 1904. The settlers were for the most part British Loyalists who had fled the American Revolution in 1776. The economy of Sussex has declined recently with the closure of a potash mine and with the Trans-Canada HighwayThe Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins all ten provinces of Canada. The system (not a single roadway--the Yellowhead Highway is also part of the system, for example) was approved by the Trans-Canada Highway Act of 1948, moving straight between Fredericton and Moncton; it had before detoured slightly to go through Sussex. The economic decline has caused a proportional decrease in population, with many young people leaving for work.
The town is home to Sussex Golden Ginger AleSussex Golden Ginger Ale is an ginger ale bottled in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada. It is produced by Canada Dry, a sunsidiary of Cadbury-Schweppes., and at one point it claimed to be the birthplace of the ice cream coneAn ice cream cone is a cone-shaped pastry, usually made of a wafer similar in texture to a waffle, in which ice cream is served, permitting it to be eaten without a bowl or spoon. History Paper and metal cones were used in the 1800s in France, Germany, an. The Kings County Record recently proved this claim to be false. Sussex titles itself as the Dairy Capital of New Brunswick.