The County of Churchill is a county

County

A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...

 in Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. Like all counties

Cadastral divisions of Queensland

Lands administrative divisions of Queensland refers to the divisions of Queensland used for the registration of land titles. There are 322 counties, and 5,319 parishes within the state.. They are part of the Lands administrative divisions of Australia...

 in Queensland, it is a non-functional administrative unit, that is used mainly for the purpose of registering land titles. The county lies between 152°E and 153°E longitude, and is centred on the West Moreton

West Moreton

West Moreton is a region of the Australian state of Queensland, consisting of the entire rural western portion of South East Queensland. It sits inland from both the Brisbane metropolitan area and the Gold Coast and to the east of the Darling Downs. Much of the region lies in the Great Dividing Range...

 region, extending east to the suburbs of Ipswich

Ipswich, Queensland

Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre...

. The county was named for Lord Randolph Churchill

Lord Randolph Churchill

Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill MP was a British statesman. He was the third son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough and his wife Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane , daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry...

, who was born in 1849, by the Surveyor-General of New South Wales the following year; the area was officially named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the Land Act 1897.

Parishes

Churchill is divided into parishes, as listed below:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates
Alfred	Ipswich City of Ipswich The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...	27°42′S 152°26′E
Blenheim	Lockyer Valley	27°36′S 152°19′E
Brassall Brassall, Queensland Brassall is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.The origin of the suburb name is unknown.Was also known as Hungry Flats, as was a stop over for bullock teams that were transporting logs from Pine Mountain to Hancocks saw mill at North Ipswich. It was named by an early surveyor by the name of...	Ipswich City of Ipswich The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...	27°32′S 152°42′E
Campbell	Lockyer Valley	27°38′S 152°03′E
Clumber	Scenic Rim	28°06′S 152°30′E
Colin	Lockyer Valley	27°43′S 152°02′E
East Haldon	Lockyer Valley	27°52′S 152°14′E
Fassifern	Scenic Rim	27°57′S 152°33′E
Ferguson	Ipswich City of Ipswich The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...	27°42′S 152°30′E
Flagstone	Lockyer Valley	27°37′S 152°03′E
Flinders	Scenic Rim	27°46′S 152°41′E
Forbes	Scenic Rim	27°46′S 152°33′E
Franklin	Ipswich City of Ipswich The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...	27°47′S 152°26′E
Gatton Gatton, Queensland Gatton is a town and the administrative centre of the Lockyer Valley Local Government Area situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Gatton had a population of 5,295....	Lockyer Valley	27°35′S 152°17′E
Goolman	Scenic Rim	27°49′S 152°47′E
Grandchester Grandchester, Queensland Grandchester is a town in the Lockyer Valley region in South East Queensland, Australia. It is located 76 km west of the Brisbane CBD and is situated on the border of the Ipswich and Laidley local government areas. The name comes from Grantchester, a village outside of Cambridge in England...	Lockyer Valley	27°37′S 152°30′E
Jeebropilly Jeebropilly, Queensland Jeebropilly is a locality in the City of Ipswich Local Government area and Churchill County of Queensland, Australia. This location is situated at the junction of the Ipswich - Rosewood Road and the Ebenezer Road, from the Brisbane CBD....	Ipswich City of Ipswich The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...	27°39′S 152°38′E
Laidley Laidley, Queensland Laidley is a town situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. The township lies 83 km west of Brisbane, the state capital....	Lockyer Valley	27°37′S 152°23′E
Mort	Lockyer Valley	27°43′S 152°21′E
Mutdapilly	Ipswich City of Ipswich The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...	27°43′S 152°36′E
Normanby	Scenic Rim	27°51′S 152°37′E
North	Somerset	27°28′S 152°38′E
Purga	Ipswich City of Ipswich The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...	27°40′S 152°44′E
Rosevale	Scenic Rim	27°52′S 152°26′E
Rosewood	Lockyer Valley	27°31′S 152°29′E
Tarampa Tarampa, Queensland Tarampa is a rural suburb of Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.During World War II a military airfield was located at nearby Mount Tarampa called Lowood. The United States Army Air Forces based its 80th Fighter Squadron there between 28 March – 10 May 1942), flying P-39 Airacobras...	Somerset	27°29′S 152°33′E
Taylor	Lockyer Valley	27°30′S 152°00′E
Tenthill	Lockyer Valley	27°38′S 152°14′E
Terry	Lockyer Valley	27°35′S 152°07′E
Thorn	Scenic Rim	27°52′S 152°32′E
Thornton	Lockyer Valley	27°47′S 152°21′E
Townson	Lockyer Valley	27°53′S 152°22′E
Walloon Walloon, Queensland Walloon is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.The origin of the suburb name is from the Romanic-speaking inhabitants of Belgium known as the Walloons. -Transport:...	Ipswich City of Ipswich The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...	27°35′S 152°40′E
Whitestone	Lockyer Valley	27°45′S 152°12′E