The County of Elphinstone is a cadastral division of Queensland which contains the city of Townsville. It was named after George Elphinstone Dalrymple (1826–1876), a politician and explorer. Queensland showing counties / compiled and published at the Survey Department, Brisbane, Brisbane : Survey Dept., 1900. The county is divided into civil parishes. Townsville is mentioned as being in the county of Elphinstone in the 1911 Britannica. It is bounded by the Haughton River in the east, and part of the Burdekin River in the south-west.North Kennedy District, County of Elphinstone Maps - L6 Series at Queensland Archives.
Parishes Elphinstone is divided into parishes, listed as follows:
Parish LGA Coordinates TownsAbbotsford Burdekin CungullaBeor Townsville OonoonbaBohle Townsville DeeragunCardington Charters Towers Coonambelah Townsville Townsville, Kirwan, PallarendaCrimea Charters Towers Cunningham Charters Towers MingelaEttrick Townsville Glenrock Townsville Granite Townsville Halifax Townsville BluewaterHervey Townsville Lansdowne Townsville Magenta Townsville WoodstockMagnetic Townsville Magnetic IslandRokeby Townsville Ross Townsville Alice River, KelsoScott Burdekin GiruStuart Townsville Stuart, Annandale, DouglasWoodstock Townsville Wyoming Townsville
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