Geeveston is a small town in the south of Tasmania in Australia near the Huon River, 62 km south west of Hobart, making it Australia's most southerly administrative centre. The town takes its name from William Geeves, an English settler who was given a land grant by Lady Jane Franklin in the area then known as Lightwood Bottom. The settlement Geeves set up was renamed Geeves Town in 1861, and the name eventually became Geeveston. Geeveston is for local government purposes included in the area of the Huon Valley Council and is part of the division of Franklin for both Australian House of Representatives and Tasmanian House of Assembly electoral purposes.
Population: 616 (2016 census)
Established: 1842
Postcode(s): 7116
Elevation: 115 m (377 ft)
Area: 60.2 km² (23.2 sq mi)
Location: 62 km (39 mi) SW of Hobart · 12 km (7 mi) W of Cygnet
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