Watsonville is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.

[1] Watsonville is 107 kilometres (66 mi) south-west of Cairns via the Bruce Highway, Gillies Range Road, State Route 25 (bypassing Atherton) and the Herberton Petford Road.

From further west it can be accessed from the Burke Developmental Road at Petford.

The town was named after Robert H. Watson, a tin prospector, who discovered a local deposit on 19 February 1881.

[8] It was located on the block surrounded by Ann, Mary, Ethel and Edith Streets (17°22′44″S 145°18′53″E / 17.3790°S 145.3148°E / -17.3790; 145.3148 (Watsonville State School (former))).