Clintonvale, Queensland

Clintonvale is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Clintonvale had a population of 74 people.[1]

Clintonvale
Queensland
Clintonvale
Coordinates28.0958°S 152.1197°E / -28.0958; 152.1197
Population74 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1.932/km2 (5.00/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4370
Area38.3 km2 (14.8 sq mi)
LGA(s)Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal Division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Clintonvale:
Berat Goomburra Gladfield
Mount Marshall Clintonvale Freestone
Glengallan Sladevale Freestone

Geography

The Cunningham Highway passes through the locality from north-east (Gladfield) to south-west (Glengallan).[3]

History

The locality was named after Henry E. Clinton, the roads superintendent who oversaw the building of the Warwick-Spicers Gap road in the 1860s.[2][4]

Ross's Corner Provisional School opened at Cunningham Junction on 22 July 1907. On 1 January 1909 it became Ross's Corner State School. In 1915 it was renamed Clinton Vale State School, eventually Clintonvale State School. It closed in 2001.[5]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Clintonvale (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Clintonvale – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45915)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  4. "Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park (entry 601732)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  5. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0


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