County of Hore-Ruthven
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County of Hore-Ruthven South Australia |
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 County of Hore-Ruthven
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| Coordinates | 32°29′S 136°34′E / 32.49°S 136.57°ECoordinates: 32°29′S 136°34′E / 32.49°S 136.57°E | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1933 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 7,040 square kilometres (2,718 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | unincorporated area | ||||||||||||
| Region | Far North | ||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Coordinates Adjoining counties |
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County of Hore-Ruthven is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land both located in the north of Eyre Peninsula and to the peninsula's north. It was proclaimed in 1933 and was named after Alexander Hore-Ruthven who was the Governor of South Australia from 1928 to 1934.
The County of Hore-Ruthven covers the part of South Australia extending from the southern end of Lake Gairdner in the north-west to the northern end of Lake Gilles in the south-east. Its southern end is located within the Eyre Peninsula because peninsula’s northern boundary passes through the county in an east-west direction. It is bounded to the west by the County of Bosanquet, to the south by the Counties of Buxton and York, and to the east by the County of Manchester.
While formal settlements do not exist within the county’s boundaries, it does include, in part, the following localities of which the majority are based on pastoral leases and which came into existence on 26 April 2013 - Bungeroo, Buckleboo, Carriewarloo, Cooyerdoo, Corunna Station, Gilles Downs, Katunga Station, Kolendo, Lake Gairdner, Lake Gilles, Mount Ive, Nonning, Siam, Uno, Wartaka, Yeltana and Yudnapinna.
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