Staughton Vale, Victoria Explained

Type:town
Staughton Vale
State:vic
Coordinates:-37.8464°N 144.2819°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Use Lga Map:yes
Lga:City of Greater Geelong
Postcode:3340
Pop:98
Stategov:Lara
Fedgov:Corio
Near-Nw:Durdidwarrah
Near-N:Beremboke
Near-Ne:Balliang
Near-W:Steiglitz
Near-E:Balliang
Near-Sw:Maude
Near-S:Anakie
Near-Se:Anakie

Staughton Vale is a northern rural locality of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Its local government area is the City of Greater Geelong.

The south-east section of the Brisbane Ranges National Park takes up most of the locality's area. There is also a rural campus of Bacchus Marsh Grammar School and an outdoor education centre camp run by Northern Bay College. Most of the private properties in the locality are on Staughton Vale Road.

The post office at Staughton Vale opened on 1 January 1873, closed on 24th of November 1873, reopened on 14 July 1886, closed again on 16 May 1891, opened again and was renamed as Staughton Vale State School on 23 August 1905, was renamed back to Staughton Vale, then closed on 30 September 1968.