Download coordinates as: Allan is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

[3] The Cunningham Highway passes through the locality from the south-east (Rosenthal Heights) towards the west (Leslie Dam).

[3] The locality is probably named after William Allan, an early settler, when the railway station was opened in 1904.

Adam Smith built the Darling Downs Hotel (locally known as the Sandy Creek Pub) in 1875.

[8] It operated as a coach stop for changing horses from 1880 until the railway opened in 1904.

It closed in 1969 and the church building was relocated to the Slade School in Warwick.