Pilton, Queensland
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Pilton Queensland |
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| Coordinates | 27°52′06″S 152°02′51″E / 27.8683°S 152.0475°ECoordinates: 27°52′06″S 152°02′51″E / 27.8683°S 152.0475°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 209 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 4.391/km2 (11.37/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4361 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 47.6 km2 (18.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Toowoomba Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Condamine | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Pilton is a town and a locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It is south of the city of Toowoomba. In the 2006 census, the locality recorded a population of 209, living in 74 inhabited dwellings. The median age of the population was 41 years, and the median weekly household income was $866.
Pilton is named after a pastoral run which was excises from Clifton pastoral station in the 1840s. The run was leased by Philip Pinnock, John Gammie, Joseph King and Joshua J. Whit/ting [from 1851-9]. It might have been named after Pilton, Somerset, England, an Old English name with Pil meaning creek and ton meaning an enclosed homestead.
Pilton Post Office opened on 27 March 1878 (though a receiving office for some years) and closed in 1977.
Pilton State School opened in November 1913.
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