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County of Le Hunte

County of Le Hunte
South Australia
Home and Store, Kyancutta (22700699351).jpg
Railway crossing, Kyancutta
County of Le Hunte is located in South Australia
County of Le Hunte
County of Le Hunte
Coordinates 33°03′38″S 135°35′01″E / 33.060480°S 135.583650°E / -33.060480; 135.583650Coordinates: 33°03′38″S 135°35′01″E / 33.060480°S 135.583650°E / -33.060480; 135.583650
Established 1908
LGA(s) District Council of Kimba (part)
Wudinna District Council (part)
Unincorporated area
Region Far North
Eyre Western
Lands administrative divisions around County of Le Hunte:
Robinson Bosanquet Hore-Ruthven
Robinson County of Le Hunte Buxton
Musgrave Musgrave
Jervois
Jervois
Footnotes Coordinates
Adjoining counties

County of Le Hunte 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 1908 and named after George Le Hunte who was the Governor of South Australia from July 1903 to February 1909.

The County of Le Hunte covers a part of South Australia associated with the western side of the centre of Eyre Peninsula located south of the Gawler Ranges. It is bounded to the west by the County of Robinson, to the south by the counties of Musgrave and Jervois, and to the east by the County of Buxton and to the north by County of Bosanquet.

The county is served by the following major roads - Eyre Highway which passes through the county from east to west and the Tod Highway which passes from the south and which meets the Eyre Highway at Kyancutta.

Settlements include Minnipa, Yaninee, Pygery, Wudinna and Kyancutta which are located (from west to east) along the Eyre Highway and Warramboo being located on the Tod Highway.

The Port Lincoln to Wudinna line of the Eyre Peninsula Railway passes through the county from the south to the west following the alignment of the Tod Highway and then the alignment of the Eyre Highway west of Kyancutta.


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