Allanton, New Zealand

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Allanton is a small village in the region of New Zealand 's Otago region. It is located about 20 km southwest of Dunedin on State Highway 1 The settlement is located on the eastern border of the Taieri Plains near the Taieri River at the junction of SH1 to Dunedin International Airport at Momona.

The settlement was founded at the mouth of Owhiro Stream in the Taieri River was initially known as " Scroggs ' Creek Landing " by the Europeans. This naming was done by Samuel Scroggs, a member of the surveyor group led by Charles Henry Kettle. 1875 reached the railway with the Main South Line the area south of Dunedin, the site met the criteria for appointment to the " Town", the new municipality was named after former Governor George Grey " Greytown ".

Among the settlers in the growing community were Polish immigrants, including " Brogdenites ", recruited by John Brogden workers who had built the railway line. Several Polish family names are still prevalent in the village.

In 1895 it came to the new community name dispute with another " Greytown " that has long existed in the Wairarapa. For a time the place was called Greytown South. The Taieri County Council approved a name change to ' Allanton, "a tribute to the late James Allan from the nearby farm " Hope Hill ", a former Otago Provincial Council, County Councillor and elders of the East Taieri Church. This was established in 1848 as settlers of Otago Free Church here.

The population declined in recent years: the school closed in 2004, the Catholic Church in 2005.