Kingsville, Victoria

Kingsville Melbourne, Victoria
Kingsville
Coordinates	37°48′32″S 144°52′41″E / 37.809°S 144.878°E / -37.809; 144.878Coordinates: 37°48′32″S 144°52′41″E / 37.809°S 144.878°E / -37.809; 144.878
Population	3,509 (2011)[1]
• Density	5,000/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	3012
Area	0.7 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
Location	9 km (6 mi) from Melbourne
LGA(s)	City of Maribyrnong
State electorate(s)	Footscray
Federal Division(s)	Gellibrand
Suburbs around Kingsville: West Footscray Footscray Kingsville Seddon Yarraville Yarraville

Kingsville is a suburb 9 km west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its local government area is the City of Maribyrnong. At the 2011 Census, Kingsville had a population of 3,509.

Kingsville is a small suburb nestled primarily between West Footscray and Yarraville, and is often considered to be a part of one or the other. The suburb forms a right-angled triangle, bounded in the east by Williamstown Road, in the south by Somerville Road, with Geelong Road as the hypotenuse.

History

Kingsville was the original name for the entire West Yarraville region. This region was later renamed either Yarraville (south of Somerville Road) or West Footscray (north of Somerville Road), with South Kingsville retaining its original name. In the late 1990s the original name of Kingsville returned to the "wedge" of West Footscray with its present boundaries.

Kingsville Post Office opened on 1 January 1915.^[2]

Education

Kingsville Primary School and its attached kindergarten is located in Yarraville. The nearby Kingsville Kindergarten is in West Footscray, as is the Corpus Christi Catholic School.

See also

• City of Footscray – the former local government area of which Kingsville was a part

References