Watsonville

Watsonville is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.

Watsonville is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Watsonville had a population of 191 people.

Watsonville is a former mining town. The town was named after Robert H. Watson, a tin prospector, who discovered a local deposit on 19 February 1881. The town was surveyed by William J. White on 9 March 1882.Watsonville State School opened circa 1882 and closed circa 1943. It was located on the block surrounded by Ann, Mary, Ethel and Edith Streets (17.3790°S 145.3148°E? / -17.3790; 145.3148? (Watsonville State School (former))).Although historically and currently Watsonville is with the Shire of Mareeba, between 2008 and 2013 Watsonville (and all other parts of the Shire of Mareeba) was within the Tablelands Region, an unpopular decision that was reversed in 2014.

At the 2011 census Watsonville recorded a population of 344.In the 2016 census Watsonville had a population of 191 people.

Watsonville Pioneer Cemetery is on Watsonville Cemetery Access Road to the north-west of the town (17.3743°S 145.3079°E? / -17.3743; 145.3079? (Watsonville Pioneer Cemetery)).