Shire of Stanthorpe

Shire of Stanthorpe Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population	9,968 (2006 census)[1]
• Density	3.69514/km2 (9.5704/sq mi)
Established	1879
Area	2,697.6 km2 (1,041.5 sq mi)
Council seat	Stanthorpe
Region	Darling Downs
LGAs around Shire of Stanthorpe: Inglewood Warwick Tenterfield (NSW) Inglewood Shire of Stanthorpe Tenterfield (NSW) Inglewood Tenterfield (NSW) Tenterfield (NSW)

The Shire of Stanthorpe was a local government area of Queensland, Australia on the Queensland-New South Wales border. It was on the Great Dividing Range and was part of the Granite Belt. Its main industries included fruit and vegetable growing, wineries and tourism, and sheep and cattle grazing.

The Shire, administered from the town of Stanthorpe, covered an area of 2,697.6 square kilometres (1,041.5 sq mi), and existed from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Shire of Warwick to become the Southern Downs Region. Its final mayor was Glen Rogers.