title: Fentonbury, Tasmania
text: # Fentonbury, Tasmania
  
  Fentonbury is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Central Highlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 28 kilometres (17 mi) south of the town of Hamilton. The 2016 census recorded a population of 71 for the state suburb of Fentonbury.
  
  ## History
  
  Fentonbury was gazetted as a locality in 1959. The name is believed to come from a settler named Michael Fenton in the district in 1830.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Almost all the boundaries are survey lines.
  
  ## Road infrastructure
  
  Route C608 (Ellendale Road) runs through from north-west to south-east.
  
  