Cherryville, South Australia

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox Australian place | type = town

| name = Cherryville

| state = sa

| image = Cherryville.jpg

| caption = The town of Cherryville seen from Marble Hill

| coordinates = {{coord|34|54|43|S|138|45|55|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position = top

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in South Australia

| lga = Adelaide Hills Council

| postcode = 5134

| est = 1840

| pop =

| elevation= 493

| maxtemp =

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| rainfall =

| stategov = Heysen

| fedgov = Mayo

| dist1 = 15

| location1= Adelaide

}}

Cherryville is a small town in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It was named in around 1840 after the native cherry trees that grew in the area,{{cite book

|last = Hines

|first = Lucy Maymon

|title = Environs of Norton Summit

|publisher = East Torrens Historical Society (1996)

|year = 1937

}} although some historians claim that it was not named until 1892, when horticultural cherry plantings became widespread in the area.{{cite book

| last =Rick Bzowy Architects

|author2=Simon Weidenhofer |author3=Robyn Taylor |author4=Bill Smith

| title = East Torrens Heritage Survey

| publisher = Department for Environment and Natural Resources

| date = February 1994

| pages = 30

}} Prior to this, land holdings were typically of around {{convert|100|acres|ha}} and used primarily for pastoralism or small-scale vegetable gardens.

Cherryville Post Office opened on 2 January 1899 and closed in 1974.{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=SA&country= | accessdate = 26 May 2011}}

The town received national attention in May 2013 when the 2013 Cherryville bushfire burnt out {{convert|670|ha|acres}} of scrub and farmland surrounding the district. The fire was notable in that it occurred outside the fire-ban season, leading to calls to review the State's fire ban policy.{{cite web | url = http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/adelaide-hills-bushfire-prompts-policy-review-to-extend-fire-danger-season/story-e6freuy9-1226640018239 | title = Adelaide Hills bushfire prompts policy review to extend fire danger season | author1 = Sam Kelton | author2 = Steve Rice | author3 = Brad Crouch | work = The Daily Telegraph| date = 12 May 2013 | accessdate = 13 May 2013 }}