Promised Land, Tasmania
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = other
| name = Promised Land
| state = tas
| image =
File:Lower crackpot - 7308.jpg
| caption = Lower crackpot, 7308 at Promised Land, Tasmania
| coordinates = {{coord|41|23|S|146|20|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pop = 44
| pop_year = 2016 census
| elevation= 280
| elevation_footnotes=[http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_091091.shtml Bureau of Meteorology] Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
| maxtemp = 19.2
| mintemp = 8.7
| rainfall = 1179.1
| est = 1859
| lga = Kentish Council
| stategov = Lyons
| fedgov = Lyons
| dist1 = 184
| dir1 = NW
| location1= Hobart
| dist2 = 66
| dir2 = W
| location2= Launceston
| dist3 = 23
| dir3 = S
| location3= Devonport
| region = North-west and west
| location4 = Sheffield
| dist4 = 13
| dir4 = SW
| near-nw = Lake Barrington
| near-n = Roland
| near-ne = Roland
| near-e = Roland, Gowrie Park
| near-w = Lake Barrington
| near-sw = Staverton
| near-s = Staverton
| near-se = Gowrie Park
}}
Promised Land is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Kentish in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about {{convert|13|km}} south-west of the town of Sheffield. The 2016 census has a population of 44 for the state suburb of Promised Land.
==History==
Promised Land was gazetted as a locality in 1957.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Promised Land |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=13 September 2020 |at=Select “Search”, enter "2705G", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}
Geography
File:Lake Barrington racing.jpg
The waters of Lake Barrington form the western boundary.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Promised+Land+TAS+7306/@-41.4269928,146.1848122,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa7a4e08b19fc555:0x403c94dd0ddf300!8m2!3d-41.4229217!4d146.2076121 |title=Promised Land, Tasmania |access-date=13 September 2020}}
==Road infrastructure==
Route C140 (Staverton Road) passes through from north-east to south.{{cite web |url=https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801112712/http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-08-01 |title=Tasmanian Road Route Codes |author= |date=May 2017 |website= |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment |access-date=13 September 2020 |quote=}}