Kleinton is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Kleinton had a population of 2,205 people.

Geography

Kleinton is on the

Darling Downs The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was generally ...

. The area contains three bands of separate land use types. In the south

rural residential A hobby farm (also called a lifestyle block, acreage living, or rural residential) is a smallholding or small farm that is maintained without expectation of being a primary source of income. Some are held simply to bring homeowners closer to n ...

blocks have been established as an extension of the

urban sprawl Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment) is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city". Urban sprawl has been described as the unrestricted ...

of Highfields to the south. The central area remain vegetated and undeveloped. The northern boundary is aligned with the southern extent of

Cooby Dam The Cooby Dam is a rockfill embankment dam with an ungated spillway across the Cooby Creek, a tributary of Condamine River, at Groomsville in the Toowoomba Region on the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is fo ...

. This area remains undeveloped but has been cleared of vegetation.

History

The locality was named after early selector Michael Klein who was shot dead at Highfields in February 1870 by James Alexander Herlich following a dispute. The

Crows Nest railway line Crows Nest Branch Railway was originally surveyed as a direct line from Toowoomba north to Crows Nest in Queensland, Australia. The branch eventually took a more circuitous route to cover the maximum amount of farming country. The first stage s ...

, which operated between 1883 and 1961, had a stop at Kleinton. Kleinton State School opened on 20 February 1911 on a site donated by the Brazier family who also owned the local brickworks.The school is believed to be Queensland's oldest one-teacher school built with brick. The school closed in December 1970. In 1975, the Amaroo Environmental Education Centre opened in the former school building.

Demographics

In the , Kleinton had a population of 1,617 people. In the , Kleinton had a population of 2,205 people.

Education

Amaroo Environmental Education Centre is an Outdoor and Environmental Education Centre at 90 Kleinton School Road (). There are no primary or secondary schools in Kleinton. The nearest government primary schools are Highfields State School in neighbouring Highfields to the south, Meringandan State School in Meringandan West to the west, and Geham State School in neighbouring Geham to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Highfields State Secondary College in Highfields.

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{{Toowoomba Region Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland