Upper Horton is a very small village and surrounding agricultural area located by the Horton River in northern New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia

Australia

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. The community of Upper Horton lies high in the Horton River Valley. It is accessed from the Fossickers Way

Fossickers Way

Fossickers Way runs from Nundle in the south to Warialda and eastwards on the Gwydir Highway to Inverell and Glen Innes on the Northern Tablelands. It is designated as State Route 95....

 with the turnoff 13 km north of Barraba

Barraba, New South Wales

Barraba is a town in the New England region of northern New South Wales, Australia. It was formerly the centre of Barraba Shire Local Government Area, but most of this, including Barraba, was absorbed into Tamworth Regional Council in 2004. On Census night 2006, Barraba had a population of 1,161...

 and a journey of 19 km to the village.

The village does not have a school. Children from the area travel to Barraba for school. The Upper Horton district is included within Gwydir Shire

Gwydir Shire

Gwydir Shire is a Local Government Area located in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia along the state's border with Queensland...

  Local Government Area which is centred in Bingara

Bingara, New South Wales

Bingara is a small town on the Gwydir River in Murchison County in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. In 2006, Bingara had a population of 1,207 people. and is currently the Administrative centre for the Gwydir Shire that was created in 2003. It has a culturally homogeneous...

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The major event of the village is the very popular and highly regarded New Years Day Rodeo

Rodeo

Rodeo is a competitive sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States, Canada, South America and Australia. It was based on the skills required of the working vaqueros and later, cowboys, in what today is the western United States,...

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Upper Horton Post Office opened on 1 September 1899.