Springmount
Springmount is a rural locality 4 km east of Creswick. The origin of the name is uncertain. There is a Springmount Hill (668 m) about 1 km northwards.
Springmount school was opened in 1875. The area was recorded as being a farming and mining one shortly after the turn of the century, with a post office, church and hotel. The church was probably the small Methodist weatherboard structure (c1870) with a front porch, which was used as a Uniting church in the 1990s. The school closed in 1960.
Springmount has several timber cottages typical of Creswick district, 1860-1900. Its census populations have been:
area | census date | population |
---|---|---|
Springmount | 1891 | 269 |
1933 | 127 | |
1961 | 80 | |
Springmount and environs | 2006 | 335 |
2011 | not recorded |
Further Reading
Lester Tropman and Associates, Creswick Shire heritage study, Creswick Shire, 1990