| Type: | suburb |
| Esmeralda | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -18.863°N 142.6619°W |
| Pop: | 0 |
| Postcode: | 4871 |
| Area: | 5212.4 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 105 |
| Dir1: | SSE |
| Location1: | Croydon |
| Dist2: | 260 |
| Dir2: | SE |
| Location2: | Normanton |
| Dist3: | 576 |
| Dir3: | SW |
| Location3: | Cairns |
| Dist4: | 1867 |
| Dir4: | NW |
| Location4: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Shire of Croydon |
| Stategov: | Traeger |
| Fedgov: | Kennedy |
| Near-N: | Croydon |
| Near-Ne: | Gilbert River |
| Near-E: | Northhead |
| Near-Se: | Bellfield |
| Near-S: | Victoria Vale |
| Near-Sw: | Savannah |
| Near-W: | Claraville |
| Near-Nw: | Croydon |
Esmeralda is a rural locality in the Shire of Croydon, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Esmeralda had "no people or a very low population".
The Richmond–Croydon Road runs through from south to north.[2]
The land use is grazing on native vegetation.
The locality takes its name from a local hill named on 30 September 1873 by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple.[1]
In the, Esmeralda had a population of 21 people.
In the, Esmeralda had "no people or a very low population".
There are no schools in Esmeralda nor nearby. The options are distance education and boarding school.
There are a number of homesteads in the locality:[3]