Drake County is one of the 141

cadastral divisions of New South Wales For lands administration purposes, New South Wales is divided into 141 County#Australia, counties, which are further divided into parishes. The counties were first set down in the Colony of New South Wales, which later became the Australian St ...

. Drake County was named in honour of Sir

Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake ( 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English Exploration, explorer and privateer best known for making the Francis Drake's circumnavigation, second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580 (bein ...

(1540–1596). It is located to the north of parts of the Clarence River,

Nymboida River The Nymboida River, a perennial stream of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Nymboida River rises in the northern foothills of the Barren Mountain, on t ...

and Mann River. It includes the Washpool National Park.

Parishes within this county

A full list of parishes found within this county; their current

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and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows:

References

{{Reflist Counties of New South Wales