Hodgson Vale is 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of the city centre via New England Highway. The highway passes through the locality from the north (Top Camp) to the west (Vale View/Cambooya).[3]
Hodgson Creek rises just to the north (Top Camp) and flows through the locality to the south-west (Cambooya). It eventually becomes a tributary of the Condamine River (part of the Murray-Darling basin) at North Branch.[3][4]
History
The locality is believed to be named for Sir Arthur Hodgson, a pioneer and member for the Legislative Assembly seat of Warrego in 1868–1869.[5] In July 1840 he selected the Eton Vale pastoral run (the second pastoral run selected in present-day Queensland). The Eton Vale homestead was beside Hodgson Creek in the present day locality of Cambooya.[4]