Teviotville

Teviotville is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.

Teviotville is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Teviotville had a population of 125 people.

The name Teviotville is derived from the name of its railway station, which was named by the Queensland Railway Department in 1887, which in turn was named after the major watercourse in the area, Teviot Brook. The brook in turn was named on 6 August 1828 by explorer Allan Cunningham after the River Teviot in Roxburghshire, Scotland.The Fassifern railway line (Queensland's first branch railway line) opened from Ipswich to Harrisville on 10 July 1882. On 12 September 1887 the line was extended to Dugundan with Teviotville being served by Teviotville railway station on Stanfield Road near the junction with Teviotville (27.9472°S 152.6867°E? / -27.9472; 152.6867? (Teviotville railway station)). The line closed in June 1964.Teviotville Railway Station Provisional School opened on 1 August 1899 with 25 students under teacher Miss M.J.A. Alcorn. In 1903 it was renamed Teviotville Provisional School. On 1 January 1909 it became Teviotville State School. A new school building was opened on 13 March 1914 by Ernest Thomas Bell, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Fassifern. It was on the south-westcorner of Hoya Road and Haag Road (27.9495°S 152.6850°E? / -27.9495; 152.6850? (Teviotville State School)). It closed on 11 December 1981 due to low student numbers.At the 2011 census the locality and surrounds recorded a population of 273.