Dutch Settlement is a Canadian

Canada

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 rural community in Halifax County

Halifax County, Nova Scotia

Halifax County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.The Municipality of the County of Halifax was the municipal government of Halifax County, apart from the separately incorporated towns and cities therein...

, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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Situated in the Shubenacadie Valley

Shubenacadie Valley

The Shubenacadie Valley is a Canadian rural region in central Nova Scotia.The picturesque Shubenacadie River flows through the valley, which is framed by low hills from its source at Shubenacadie Grand Lake in north-central Halifax County, then through a rolling landscape of rich soils left by...

, Dutch Settlement is part of the Halifax Regional Municipality and is serviced by Route 277

Nova Scotia Route 277

Route 277 is a collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.It is located in the central part of the province and runs from Lantz at Trunk 2 to Gays River at Route 224.-Communities:*Lantz*Dutch Settlement*Carroll's Corner*Gays River...

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It was originally called Keyes after William Keys (Keyes) in 1786. The present name is a tribute to the number of German

Germany

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 immigrants who moved to the area. The word "Dutch" is an anglicized version of "Deutsch".

The community is immediately adjacent to the communities of Carroll's Corner

Carroll's Corner, Nova Scotia

Carroll's Corner is a community in the northwestern part of the Halifax Regional Municipality in the Musquodoboit Valley of Nova Scotia, Canada. The community is located along Highway 277 and extends to the North and South along the Milford Road and Antrim Road, respectively...

 and Lantz

Lantz, Nova Scotia

Lantz is an unincorporated community located on the Shubenacadie River between the communities of Milford and Elmsdale, in the Municipality of East Hants and the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada...

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Communications

• First three digits of postal code
  Canadian postal code
  A Canadian postal code is a six-character string that forms part of a postal address in Canada. Like British and Dutch postcodes, Canada's postal codes are alphanumeric. They are in the format A0A 0A0, where A is a letter and 0 is a digit, with a space separating the third and fourth characters...
  
   B2S
• Telephone exchange
  Telephone exchange
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   902
  Area code 902
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