[1][3] Emmaville is located on the lands of the Ngarabal people, and the area remains of great significance to them today.

[4] Tin was first discovered on Strathbogie Station in 1872 and the settlement was called Vegetable Creek after the Chinese market gardens which developed to service the mining population.

Emmaville established the first medical fund in New South Wales, with aim of keeping a doctor in town and to build a hospital.

This neat and tidy village has a post office, general store, two craft shops, a swimming pool, a caravan site and two hotels.

[citation needed] Emmaville is served by community radio station 2CBD FM which broadcasts from studios in Glen Innes.

As well as broadcasting on two local FM frequencies 91.1 Deepwater and 105.9 Glen Innes, it has a live 24/7 feed via the internet.