The locality takes its name from a pastoral station named by John Pike in 1845. In March 1942 during
World War II fearing a
Japanese invasion,
St Hilda's School evacuated 90 boarders from
Southport to the Pikedale homestead. The school returned to Southport in December 1942.
Land selection Land in Pikedale was
open for selection on 17 April 1877; were available.
Pikedale soldier settlement Under the
Discharged soldiers’ settlement Act, 1917 and associated legislation and regulations, every discharged member of the armed forces was entitled to apply for land and financial assistance. The important goals within this initiative were to open up new land for settlement as well as place willing and suitable settlers on this land. At the same time, it aimed to provide employment as well as the necessary support for the many discharged servicemen who had served their country. The
Stanthorpe Shire was one such area selected for settlement and around 17,000 acres was set aside in the parishes of Pikedale and Marsh. Eventually, more than seven hundred returned soldiers were allocated blocks in what became known as the Pikedale Soldier Settlement. Within this wider settlement, a number of locations were named by those returning servicemen in honour of famous battlefields, no doubt including some where they had fought. Eventually supported by a branch railway line, they included the settlements of
Amiens,
Messines,
Bapaume,
Passchendaele,
Bullecourt,
Pozieres and
Fleurbaix. This rail line, known as the
Amiens railway line, was opened in June 1920, with construction costing around £40,000 and operated for some 54 years. The official opening was performed by
Edward, Prince of Wales who was visiting Australia at the time. In September 1883, the name of the Pikedale-Road school-house Post Office, which had been established in 1880, was changed to Mountside Post Office. Pikedale No 1 Provisional School and Pikedale No 2 Provisional School opened circa 1890 as half-time schools (meaning they shared a single teacher between them). Pikedale No 1 Provisional School closed in 1902 and Pikedale No 2 Provisional School became a full-time school renamed Pikedale Provisional School. In 1908, Pikedale No 1 Provisional School reopened and Pikedale Provisional School returned to the name Pikedale No 2 Provisional School and the two schools operated as half-time schools again. In 1915, Pikedale No 2 Provisional School closed and Pikedale No 1 Provisional School became a full-time school renamed Pikedale Provisional School. In 1919, Pikedale Provisional School became a half-time school again, this time in conjunction with Mallow Provisional School. In 1922, Mallow Provisional School closed and Pikedale Provisional School became a full-time school again. In 1925, Pikedale Provisional School closed. == Demographics ==