Broadway, Nova Scotia
- Official Community Name: Broadway
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.575172, -62.362342
- NTS Map Number: 011E09
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas: Section 20
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map Number: NS Land Grant map 093
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Map Number: 1045550062300 (Broadway)
Broadway is a rural community located along NS Highway 4 between French River and Kenzieville. It may have been so named after a famous street in New York City or because it was located along the main thoroughfare (at the time) between New Glasgow and Antigonish or after a village in England.
Donald Cameron was an early settler in 1809. He received a grant of land here in 1818. Other grantees were Donald Robertson in 1814, and William and John Smith in 1816.
A post office was established in 1892.
Population in 1956 was 73.
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson ]
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