Southland County was one of the counties of New Zealand in the South Island. Created in 1876, it was in the eastern part of

Southland Region Southland ( mi, Murihiku) is New Zealand's southernmost region. It consists mainly of the southwestern portion of the South Island and Stewart Island/Rakiura. It includes Southland District, Gore District and the city of Invercargill. The r ...

. Surrounding counties were Wallace County, Lake County, Vincent County, Tuapeka County and

Clutha County Clutha County was one of the counties of New Zealand in the South Island. Its first meeting was on 4 January 1877 at the Balclutha courthouse. The offices on the corner of Clyde and Elizabeth Streets in Balclutha were rebuilt in 1934 and demolish ...

. Within the county, but not part of it, were the city of

Invercargill Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...

, where the county headquarters was located, and the boroughs of

Bluff Bluff or The Bluff may refer to: Places Australia * Bluff, Queensland, Australia, a town * The Bluff, Queensland (Ipswich), a rural locality in the city of Ipswich * The Bluff, Queensland (Toowoomba Region), a rural locality * Bluff River (New So ...

, Winton,

Gore Gore may refer to: Places Australia * Gore, Queensland * Gore Creek (New South Wales) * Gore Island (Queensland) Canada * Gore, Nova Scotia, a rural community * Gore, Quebec, a township municipality * Gore Bay, Ontario, a township on Manitouli ...

and

Mataura Mataura is a town in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand. Mataura has a meat processing plant, and until 2000 it was the site of a large pulp and paper mill. Geography Mataura is situated on and the Main South Line railwa ...

, as well as the town district of Wyndham; Lumsden, on the boundary with Wallace County, had its own boundary.NZMS 10A, Sheet 31 (1961), Sheet 34 (1963) The county was abolished in 1989, with most of it being merged into

Southland District Southland District is a Districts of New Zealand, territorial authority district in New Zealand that covers the south of the South Island as well as Stewart Island, Stewart Island/Rakiura. History Southland District was formed through the 1989 lo ...

, the exceptions were the Gore and Mataura areas taken into Gore District, and Bluff became part of Invercargill, which had its boundaries expanded considerably; many places near Invercargill, formerly in the county, became part of the city.

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{{coord missing, New Zealand Counties of New Zealand Politics of Southland, New Zealand

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