Port Huon, Tasmania

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Port Huon | state = tas | coordinates={{Coord|-43.1549|146.9467|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-TAS|display=inline,title}} | image = | caption = | pop = 428 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes=<ref name=Census2016Y>{{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60509?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Port Huon (Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=16 January 2021 |quote=}}</ref> | established = | postcode = 7116 | elevation = | region = [[South-east LGA Region|South-east]] | location1 = [[Huonville, Tasmania|Huonville]] | dist1 = 22 | dir1 = SW | lga = [[Huon Valley Council|Huon Valley]] | stategov = [[Division of Franklin (state)|Franklin]] | fedgov = [[Division of Franklin|Franklin]] | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | near-nw = Geeveston | near-n = Geeveston, [[Castle Forbes Bay]] | near-ne = Huon River | near-e = [[Huon River]] | near-w = Geeveston | near-sw = Geeveston | near-s = [[Cairns Bay, Tasmania|Cairns Bay]], [[Geeveston, Tasmania|Geeveston]] | near-se = Cairns Bay }} '''Port Huon''' is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of [[Huon Valley Council|Huon Valley]] in the [[South-east LGA Region|South-east]] LGA region of [[Tasmania]]. The locality is about {{convert|22|km}} south-west of the town of [[Huonville, Tasmania|Huonville]]. The [[2016 Australian census|2016 census]] recorded a population of 428 for the state suburb of Port Huon.<ref name=Census2016Y/>

==History== Port Huon was gazetted as a locality in 1965.<ref name=Placename>{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Port Huon |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=16 January 2021 |at=Select “Search”, enter "5769C", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}</ref>

==Geography== The waters of the [[Huon River]] estuary form the eastern boundary.<ref>{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Port+Huon+TAS+7116/@-43.1560687,146.9388207,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa6e8237fc711ddf:0x503c94dd0de1370!8m2!3d-43.1549453!4d146.946668 |title=Port Huon, Tasmania |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref>

==Road infrastructure== Route A6 ([[Huon Highway]]) runs through from north-east to south-west.<ref name=Placename/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801112712/http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-08-01 |title=Tasmanian Road Route Codes |author= |date=May 2017 |website= |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment |access-date=16 January 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

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[[Category:Towns in Tasmania]] [[Category:Localities of Huon Valley Council]] [[Category:Populated places on the Huon River]]