| Type: | lga |
| Shire of Creswick | |
| State: | vic |
| Region: | Grampians |
| Area: | 551.66 |
| Est: | 1859 |
| Seat: | Creswick |
| Pop: | 4,870 |
| Pop Year: | 1992 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| County: | Talbot |
| Near-Nw: | Talbot and Clunes |
| Near-N: | Newstead |
| Near-Ne: | Newstead |
| Near-W: | Talbot and Clunes |
| Near-E: | Daylesford and Glenlyon |
| Near-Sw: | Ballarat |
| Near-S: | Bungaree |
| Near-Se: | Ballan |
| Noautocat: | yes |
The Shire of Creswick was a local government area about 120km (80miles) west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 551.66km2, and existed from 1859 until 1995.
Creswick was first incorporated as a road district on 11 January 1859, and became a shire on 31 December 1863. The Borough of Creswick, incorporated on 19 November 1858 with an area of 19.26km2, was united with the shire on 29 May 1934.[2]
On 20 January 1995, the Shire of Creswick was abolished, and along with the Shire of Daylesford and Glenlyon and parts of the Shires of Kyneton and Talbot and Clunes, was merged into the newly created Shire of Hepburn.[3]
The Shire of Creswick was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
| Year | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 3,554 | |
| 1958 | 3,690* | |
| 1961 | 3,587 | |
| 1966 | 3,540 | |
| 1971 | 3,414 | |
| 1976 | 3,923 | |
| 1981 | 3,943 | |
| 1986 | 4,482 | |
| 1991 | 4,836 |