[2] Allen's decision to sell blocks of land for thirty pounds following his return from the Canoona gold rush, which saw many new cottages being built, prompted the locals to dub the suburb "Allen's town".

It replaced an earlier cemetery at Col Brown Park beside the Fitzroy River.

[4] In December 1870, tenders were called from carpenters to erect a Wesleyan Methodist church in Allenstown.

[16] On 15 October 1899, St Joseph's Catholic Cathedral was officially opened by Cardinal Patrick Francis Moran of the Sydney Archdiocese with a celebration of the Pontifical High Mass.

[17][18] On Sunday 14 October 1900, the foundation stone was laid for St Mark's Anglican Church.

[21] From 1909 until 1939, the city's tramway serviced Allenstown along Upper Dawson Road.

[39] Allenstown is home to three of the seven Big Bulls statues that decorate Rockhampton, which regards itself as the Beef Capital of Australia.

[40] The three bull statues are located along the Bruce Highway (also known as Gladstone Road) and depict three important cattle varieties raised in the area: Santa Gertrudis, Romagnola, and Braford.

Some residents also feel that the bull statues overemphasise one aspect of the city and should be relocated to less prominent locations.