Type: | town |
Seymour | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 25 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7215 |
Region: | North-east |
Location1: | St Helens |
Dist1: | 61 |
Dir1: | S |
Lga: | Break O'Day |
Stategov: | Lyons |
Fedgov: | Lyons |
Near-Nw: | Chain of Lagoons |
Near-N: | Chain of Lagoons |
Near-Ne: | Tasman Sea |
Near-E: | Tasman Sea |
Near-W: | Douglas-Apsley |
Near-Sw: | Douglas-Apsley |
Near-S: | Douglas River |
Near-Se: | Tasman Sea |
Seymour is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Break O'Day in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south of the town of St Helens. The 2016 census recorded a population of 25 for the state suburb of Seymour.[1]
Seymour was gazetted as a locality in 1965. The name was in use by 1845.[2]
It was originally a coal mining town.[3]
The waters of the Tasman Sea form the eastern boundary.
Route A3 (Tasman Highway) passes through from south to north.[2] [4]