| Type: | cadastral |
| Elphinstone | |
| State: | qld |
| Image Upright: | 0.81 |
| Near-Nw: | Wilkie Gray |
| Near-N: | Pacific Ocean |
| Near-Ne: | Pacific Ocean |
| Near-W: | Wilkie Gray |
| Near-E: | Gladstone |
| Near-Sw: | Davenport |
| Near-S: | Davenport |
| Near-Se: | Murray |
The County of Elphinstone is a cadastral division of Queensland which contains the city of Townsville. It was named after George Elphinstone Dalrymple (1826–1876), a politician and explorer.[1] [2] The county is divided into civil parishes. Townsville is mentioned as being in the county of Elphinstone in the 1911 Britannica.[3] It is bounded by the Haughton River in the east, and part of the Burdekin River in the south-west.[4]
Elphinstone is divided into parishes, listed as follows:
| Parish | LGA | Coordinates | Towns | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbotsford | -19.45°N 150°W | Cungulla | ||
| Beor | -19.3667°N 198°W | Oonoonba | ||
| Bohle | Townsville | -19.25°N 186°W | Deeragun | |
| Cardington | -19.8167°N 194°W | |||
| Coonambelah | Townsville | -19.2333°N 193°W | Townsville, Kirwan, Pallarenda | |
| Crimea | -19.75°N 186°W | |||
| Cunningham | -19.9°N 190°W | Mingela | ||
| Ettrick | Townsville | -19.3167°N 147°W | ||
| Glenrock | Townsville | -19.6167°N 184°W | ||
| Granite | Townsville | -19.5°N 183°W | ||
| Halifax | Townsville | -19.2167°N 179°W | Bluewater | |
| Hervey | Townsville | -19.35°N 176°W | ||
| Lansdowne | Townsville | -19.5°N 193°W | ||
| Magenta | Townsville | -19.6333°N 198°W | Woodstock | |
| Magnetic | Townsville | -19.1167°N 195°W | Magnetic Island | |
| Rokeby | Townsville | -19.5333°N 202°W | ||
| Ross | Townsville | -19.3833°N 186°W | Alice River, Kelso | |
| Scott | -19.5667°N 150°W | Giru | ||
| Stuart | Townsville | -19.3667°N 194°W | Stuart, Annandale, Douglas | |
| Woodstock | Townsville | -19.7°N 205°W | ||
| Wyoming | Townsville | -19.6333°N 193°W |
