The Levels district obtained its name from the headquarters of the Levels estate. It is situated in the Waimataitai riding of the Levels county. The railway station is seven miles from Timaru on the Timaru-Fairlie branch line, and stands at an elevation of 78 feet above sea level. There is a local post office, but the nearest school is at Seadown. As a county, Levels is an important and wealthy district, consisting principally of low rolling downs, most of which is good wheat growing land. There is a population of about 5500, all engaged in agricultural and pastoral pursuits, and the capital value of property within the county's limit is about £1,500,000. The main north line between the rivers Pareora and Opihi runs through part of the county, and also the Fairlie line. Pleasant Point and other flag stations are on this line. The Levels county adjoins the town of Timaru.

The Levels Post Office was established on the 14th of September, 1901, and is conducted at the homestead of Mr. Cornelius Sullivan, near the railway station. Mails are received and dispatched daily.

Mr. Cornelius Sullivan, Postmaster at the Levels, was born in Kerry, Ireland, in 1842. He arrived in New Zealand in 1876, and settled at Kerrytown, and has since been employed in country life, having been at the Levels since 1897.