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{{Infobox Australian place| type = suburb
| name = Evanston
| city =
| state = sa
| image = File:EvanstonRS.jpg
| caption = Evanston Railway Station
| lga = Town of Gawler
| postcode = 5116
| est =
| pop = <!--leave blank to draw the latest automatically from Wikidata-->
| area =
| stategov = [[electoral district of Light|Light]]
| fedgov = [[Division of Spence|Spence]]
| near-nw = [[Buchfelde, South Australia|Buchfelde]], [[Reid, South Australia|Reid]]
| near-n = [[Gawler West, South Australia|Gawler West]]
| near-ne = [[Gawler South, South Australia|Gawler South]]
| near-
| near-e =
| near-sw = [[Evanston Gardens, South Australia|Evanston Gardens]]
| near-s = [[Evanston South, South Australia|Evanston South]]
| near-se = [[Evanston Park, South Australia|Evanston Park]]
| dist1 =
| location1=
| coordinates = {{coord|34|36|58|S|138|43|54|E|display=inline,title}}
| use_lga_map=yes
}}
'''Evanston''', formerly '''Evans Town''', is a [[suburb]] south of the town of [[Gawler, South Australia|Gawler]], [[South Australia]]. It contains the [[Gawler and District College]] and [[Gawler Racecourse]] as well as a supermarket and homemaker centre containing bulky goods stores such as carpet, fishing, electrical and bike and motorbike shops.
==History==
Before settlement, the [[Kaurna people]], or Adelaide Plains tribe, lived in the area.
In 1850 [[James Philcox]] named sections 3220 and 3221 in the [[Hundred of Munno Para]], calling the allotment Evanston. James Philcox (22 January 1812 – 31 March 1893) was an English land speculator and property developer in the 1840s and 1850s in the colony of South Australia. He is credited with naming the inner eastern Adelaide suburb of Marryatville as well as the outer northern suburb of Evanston. He returned to England to retire in Sussex in 1853. James Philcox was born in Burwash, Sussex, England, on 22 January 1812, of parents John and Esther.[1] He married Ann Taylor Evans on 18 October 1838 in Burwash.[2][3] The township of Evanston is most likely named for his wife Ann Taylor Evans.
In 1853 a plan of the Evanston township was lodged at the South Australian Lands Title Office, when it was transferred to [[John Morphett|Sir John Morphett]]. On 14 November 1855, ''[[The Register (Adelaide)|The Register]]'' called it "Evans Town".<ref name=adnow>{{cite news|publisher=The Advertiser|website=AdelaideNow|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/the-az-story-of-the-history-behind-adelaide8217s-suburbs/news-story/080ff33904ed61786f6c017cd2a70b92|title=The A-Z story of the history behind Adelaide's suburbs|first=Tom|last=Bowden|date=9 October 2013|accessdate=21 July 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Playford's Past|url=https://playfordspast.blogspot.com/2014/08/|title=Evanston|first=Daina|last=Pocius|date=18 August 2014|others=Cites Geoffrey H. Manning, Manning's Place Names of South Australia, Manning, Adelaide, 1990, p.110, and Rodney, Cockburn, South Australia what's in a name?, Axiom, unknown, 1908 (1990),p.71|access-date=22 July 2019|archive-date=22 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722012214/https://playfordspast.blogspot.com/2014/08/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
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{{Town of Gawler suburbs}}
[[Category:Suburbs of Adelaide]]
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