Hannaford railway station was named on 14 July 1924 by the Queensland Railways Department taking the name of the parish, which in turn was named after pastoralist Samuel Hannaford, who leased the North Inglestone pastoral run.[5]
Hannaford Provisional School opened on 4 March 1929 but closed on 29 August 1930. It reopened on 17 March 1947 and became Hannaford State School in 1948.[6]
Hannaford Post Office opened around 1934. It remains open as a community postal agent.[7][2]
Demographics
In the 2016 census Hannaford had a population of 118 people.[8]
In the 2021 census, Hannaford had a population of 135 people.[1]
There is no secondary school in Hannaford. The nearest secondary school is Tara Shire State College in Tara to the east, but it is a considerable distance for a daily commute and other options would be distance education or boarding school.