The first European settler in the district was Jessie Daniells who established a timber mill in the area in 1864. Most of the early farmers in the district grew sugar cane. David Veivers established a dairy in the 1870s. Cedar Creek Wesleyan Methodist Church was established in 1871 on the property of Mr Bowser at the junction of Cedar Creek and
Albert River (). It was not listed as an active church in 1882 and has been demolished. The Cedar Creek Vested School opened on 21 September 1874 with 48 pupils under headmaster T.F. Williams (
vested meant the school was funded by the
Queensland Government) on of land. William Fowles became the headmaster in 1875. In 1876, the school was enlarged to . In 1888, it became Cedar Creek State School, but low student numbers reduced it to Cedar Creek Provisional School in 1892. In 1895, it became Cedar Creek State School again. In 1913, of land were given up to be used for a School of Arts. The
diamond jubilee celebrations were held in December 1934 and were attended by
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly,
Reginald King (
Member for Logan) and
Thomas Flood Plunkett (
Member for Albert). At that time there were less than 25 students. In 2014, there are about 240 students enrolled. The Cedar Creek School of Arts was erected in December 1913 by the Upper Albert branch of the Farmers' Union. Formerly in the
Shire of Beaudesert, Cedar Creek became split between
Logan City and
City of Gold Coast following the local government amalgamations in March 2008. Parts of Cedar Creek were to be taken up by the waters of the proposed but never completed
Wolffdene Dam. ==Demographics==