County of Buxton

County of Buxton South Australia
A ‘big thing’ sculpture located in Kimba within the county
County of Buxton
Coordinates	33°02′28″S 136°23′44″E / 33.041070°S 136.395610°E / -33.041070; 136.395610Coordinates: 33°02′28″S 136°23′44″E / 33.041070°S 136.395610°E / -33.041070; 136.395610
Established	1896
Area	4,670 square kilometres (1,805 sq mi)
LGA(s)	District Council of Kimba (part) Unincorporated area
Region	Far North Eyre Western
Lands administrative divisions around County of Buxton: Bosanquet Hore-Ruthven Hore-Ruthven Le Hunte County of Buxton Hore-Ruthven York Jervois Jervois Jervois
Footnotes	Coordinates Adjoining counties

County of Buxton is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land located in the centre of Eyre Peninsula. It was proclaimed in 1896 and named after Thomas Buxton who was the Governor of South Australia from 29 October 1895 to 29 March 1899. It has been divided into thirteen sub-divisions known as hundreds, with the most recent being created in 1928.

The County of Buxton covers a part of South Australia associated with the eastern side of the centre of Eyre Peninsula located south of the Gawler Ranges. It is bounded to the west by the County of Le Hunte, to the south by the County of Jervois and to the east by the County of York and to the north by the County of Hore-Ruthven.

The county is served by the following major roads - the Buckleboo Road which enters the county from the north-west and terminates in Kimba, the Cleve Road which enters from the south and meets the Cowell-Kimba Road which enters from the south-east and terminates in Kimba and the Eyre Highway which passes through the county from east to west.

Settlements include Kimba, the principal town and municipal seat located on the Eyre Highway, Buckleboo located in the county’s north-west and Waddikke located in the county’s south.

The Cummins to Buckleboo line of the Eyre Peninsula Railway passes into the county from the south and terminates in the locality of Buckleboo.