Download coordinates as: Linville is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.

[1] On 19 August 1841, the Balfour brothers - John, Charles and Robert, took up Colinton run which included the present site of the town of Linville.

The Balfours originally intended to build their homestead where Linville now stands but decided to establish it instead about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the south, near where Emu Creek enters the Brisbane River.

During their occupancy of Colinton the Balfours built stockyards on the north bank of Greenhide Creek near its junction with the Brisbane River.

By about 1886 a small private township grew up at the spot and the Nine Mile Receiving Office opened there in 1898.

The postal authorities did not favour this as there was already a place in Victoria called Linton, 30 kilometres (19 mi) west-south-west of Ballarat.

[15] On Sunday 1 October 1927, the Linville Methodist Church was opened and dedicated by local minister Reverend Thomas Burgess.

[citation needed] The town has a general store, the Linville Hotel, and the memorial hall.