Lagoon Pocket Explained

Type:suburb
Lagoon Pocket
State:qld
Coordinates:-26.2777°N 152.6833°W
Pop:170
Postcode:4570
Area:7.1
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Lga:Gympie Region
Stategov:Gympie
Fedgov:Wide Bay
Near-N:The Dawn
Near-Ne:Kybong
Near-E:Kybong
Near-Se:Kybong
Near-S:Gilldora
Near-Sw:Calico Creek
Near-W:Long Flat
Near-Nw:The Dawn

Lagoon Pocket is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Lagoon Pocket had a population of 170 people.

Geography

Mary Valley Road (State Route 51) forms most of the western boundary. The Mary Valley Branch Railway passes through from north-west to south, forming part of the north-western boundary. The former Lagoon Pocket railway station was outside the locality to the north, on the boundary between The Dawn and Long Flat. The Mary River forms almost the entire eastern boundary.

History

Lagoon Pocket Provisional School opened on 25 September 1882 but closed in December 1899 to allow a new building to be constructed. It reopened on 6 June 1900 as Lagoon Pocket State School. It closed on 3 July 1970. It was at 57 Lagoon Pocket Road, now within the neighbouring locality of Long Flat.[2]

Demographics

In the Lagoon Pocket had a population of 123 people.

In the, Lagoon Pocket had a population of 170 people.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. 27 December 2020.
  2. Web site: 1921 . County of Lennox sheet 1 . 9 August 2023 . . Map.