Download coordinates as: Kents Lagoon is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.

The lagoon may have been named after journalist John Kent (1809-1862) who was the editor of The North Australian newspaper, published in Ipswich.

[7] The lagoon was named by Ludwig Leichhardt after F. Kent, the then owner of Fassifern station.

[8][dubious – discuss] Irrigated farms of 124 to 234 acres (50 to 95 ha) first went to auction in January 1906 as part of the Kent's Lagoon Paddock Estate.

It was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 28 November 1914 Waraperta is an Aboriginal word meaning tommahawk.