 The north-eastern half of the locality is most flat land at sea level with the south-western half rising gradually with unnamed peaks of about 300 metres.The town takes its name from the Gumlu railway station which was assigned by the Queensland Railways Department on 15 January 1912, and is believed to be a corruption of an Aboriginal word "gunyaloo", meaning rock wallaby.Molongle Creek Provisional School opened on 13 October 1913 and became Molongle Creek State School on 1 December 1914.