Bagot Well, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Bagot Well
State:SA
Lga:Light Regional Council
Postcode:5373
Established:16 March 2000 (locality)
Established Footnotes:[1]
Coordinates:-34.3038°N 138.9821°W
Coord Ref:[2]
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pop:84
Elevation:292
Elevation Footnotes:[3]
County:Light
Stategov:Stuart
Fedgov:Barker
Dist1:6
Dir1:NE
Location1:Kapunda
Near-N:Hamilton
Buchanan
Hansborough
Near-Ne:Hansborough
Near-E:Hansborough
St Kitts
Near-Se:St Kitts
Near-S:Kapunda
Koonunga
Near-Sw:Kapunda
Near-W:Allendale North
Kapunda
Near-Nw:Hamilton
Near:Bagot Well
Footnotes:adjoining localities

Bagot Well (previously Bagot's Well) is a locality around 6km (04miles) north-east of Kapunda, South Australia on the road to Eudunda. It was named for Captain C. H. Bagot, who owned a great deal of property in the area.[4]

Bagot Well as a place began as a well sunk by Captain Bagot which became available for public use in 1855. On 5 December 1940, it was renamed from Bagot's Well to Bagot Well. On 16 March 2000, boundaries for the locality were created for the "long established name."[5] [1]

Bagot Well was served by the Morgan railway line from when it was extended from Kapunda in 1878. The line was closed in 1994, but passenger services had ceased much earlier and freight trains carrying bulk grain from Eudunda to Port Adelaide did not stop there.

The Postcode for Bagot Well is 5373.

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Bagot Well had a population of 84 people.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (within the District Council of Kapunda and Light) . The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 6 March 2018 . 1433 . 16 March 2000.
  2. Web site: Search results for 'Bagot Well, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities','Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories' and 'Gazetteer' . Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. 6 March 2018.
  3. Web site: Placename Details: Bagot Well Railway Station . SA0004020 . 11 December 2006 . Property Location Browser . Government of South Australia . 27 April 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 .
  4. Web site: Manning Index of South Australian Placenames . State Library of South Australia . 29 June 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150405001730/http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/b/b1.htm . 5 April 2015.
  5. Web site: ALTERATION OF NAMES OF TOWNS. . The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 6 March 2018 . 1286 . 5 December 1940.