page_title: Esk, Queensland
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Esk, Queensland / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Post office at en:Esk, Queensland
context_page_description: Esk is a town and locality in the Somerset Region in South East Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Esk had a population of 1,698 people.
context_section_description: Esk is approximately 64 kilometres (40 mi) northwest of Ipswich on the Brisbane Valley Highway. It was named after the River Esk in Scotland and England.  It is the administrative centre of the Somerset Region.
  The town of Esk is contained in the Queensland electoral district of Nanango.
caption: Esk Post Office, 2010
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