Description
The county covers land 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. It is bounded to the west by the County of Bosanquet, to the south by the Counties of County of Buxton, Buxton and County of York (South Australia), York, and to the east by the County of Manchester. The county contains no human settlement, formal settlements, but it does include, in part, the following localities of which the majority are based on pastoral leases: Bungeroo, South Australia, Bungeroo, Buckleboo, South Australia, Buckleboo, Carriewerloo, South Australia, Carriewerloo, Cooyerdoo, South Australia, Cooyerdoo, Corunna Station, South Australia, Corunna Station, Gilles Downs, South Australia, Gilles Downs, Katunga Station, South Australia, Katunga Station, Kolendo, South Australia, Kolendo, Lake Gairdner, South Australia, Lake Gairdner, Lake Gilles, South Australia, Lake Gilles, Mount Ive, South Australia, Mount Ive, Nonning, South Australia, Nonning, Siam, South Australia, Siam, Uno, South Australia, Uno, Wartaka, South Australia, Wartaka, Yeltana, South Australia, Yeltana and Yudnapinna, South Australia, Yudnapinna. The county is served by the following roads – the Eyre Highway passes through the south-east corner of the county on its way from Iron Knob, South Australia, Iron Knob in the east to Kimba, South Australia, Kimba in the west, and the Nonning Road passes through the county in a west–east direction on its way from Iron Knob to Kingoonya, South Australia, Kingoonya in the north. No Hundred (county division)#Australia, hundreds have ever been proclaimed within the county.See also
*Lands administrative divisions of South AustraliaReferences
{{Counties of South Australia, state=collapsed Counties of South Australia, Hore-Ruthven Eyre Peninsula, Hore-Ruthven Far North (South Australia), Hore-Ruthven