The County of Hampden is one of the 37

counties of Victoria Cadastral divisions in Victoria are called counties, which are further subdivided into parishes and townships, for cadastral or land administration purposes. Cadastral divisions of county, parish and township form the basis for formal identifica ...

which are part of the

cadastral divisions of Australia Lands administrative divisions of Australia are the cadastral divisions of Australia for the purposes of identification of land to ensure security of land ownership. Most states term these divisions as counties, parishes, hundreds, and other ...

, used for land titles. The county is in the Western District of Victoria bounded by

Lake Corangamite Lake Corangamite , a hypersaline endorheic lake, is located near Colac in the Lakes and Craters region of the Victorian Volcanic Plains of south-west Victoria, Australia. The lake's salinity levels have increased dramatically as the lake level ...

in the east and the

Hopkins River The Hopkins River, a perennial river of the Glenelg Hopkins catchment, is located in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. Course and features The Hopkins River rises below Telegraph Hill near , and flows generally south, joined by twe ...

in the west. In the north and south the county was bounded approximately by the existing roads, now the

Glenelg Highway Glenelg Highway is a rural highway in south-eastern Australia, linking Mount Gambier with Ballarat. Most of the highway is located within the Western part of the state of Victoria, though a short, 15 km stretch from the South Australia/Vict ...

and the

Princes Highway Princes Highway is a major road in Australia, extending from Sydney via Melbourne to Adelaide through the states of New South Wales, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and South Australia. It has a length of (along Highway 1) or via the former ...

. Larger towns include

Terang Terang is a town in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Corangamite and on the Princes Highway south west of the state's capital, Melbourne. At the , Terang had a population of 1,824. At the 2001 census, T ...

and

Skipton Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the East Division of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the River Air ...

. The county was proclaimed in 1849.

Parishes

Parishes A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

within the county: *Borriyalloak *Caramballuc South *Chatsworth (part in the

County of Villiers The County of Villiers is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It includes the area to the north of Warrnambool, and to the west of the Hopkins River. The county was proc ...

) *Cobra Killuc *Colongulac *Connewarren *Corangamite *Darlington *Darlington West *Dunnawalla *Eilyar *Ellerslie *Ettrick *Framlingham East *Galla *Garvoc *Geelengla *Glenormiston *Gnarkeet *Hexham East *Jellalabad *Kariah *Keilambete *Kilnoorat *Kolara *Koort-koort-nong *Kornong *Ligar *Lismore *Marida Yallock *Mortlake *Nerrin Nerrin *Panmure *Pircarra *Purrumbete North *Skipton *Struan *Taaraak *Terang *Terrinallum *Tooliorook *Toorak *Towanway *Vite Vite *Wooriwyrite *Woorndoo *

References

Research aids, Victoria 1910Map of the counties of Follett, Dundas, Ripon, Normanby, Villiers, Hampden, Heytesbury / John Sands
Counties of Victoria (Australia) Barwon South West (region) {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub