County of Buccleuch

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = cadastral

| name = Buccleuch

| state = sa

| image = Coonalpyn_hall.JPG

| caption = Coonalpyn town hall in the Hundred of Coneybeer

| established = 4 May 1893

| established_footnotes ={{cite journal |last1=Downer |first1=Jno. W. |title = untitled (proclamation of new counties of Buccleuch and Chandos, new hundreds of Bowhill and Ettrick et al) |journal = The South Australian Government Gazette |volume = 1893| issue = 19| page = 1003 |publisher = Government of South Australia |date = 4 May 1893| url = http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1893/19/1003.pdf | accessdate = 8 May 2018}}

| area = 6035

| coordinates = {{coord|35.32|S|139.94|E|display=inline,title}}

| coord_ref =

| near-nw = Sturt

| near-n = Albert

| near-ne = Alfred

| near-e = Chandos

| near-se = Buckingham

| near-s = Cardwell

| near-sw = Cardwell

| near-w = Russell

| near =

| footnotes =

}}

The County of Buccleuch is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1893 and named for the sixth Duke of Buccleuch, William Scott, of Scotland.{{Cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |title=Search for 'County of Buccleuch, CNTY' (ID SA0010228) |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=19 July 2016 |quote=Area 2330 square miles. |archive-date=7 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }} It is located east of the Murray River at the south western edge of the Mallee region.

The small locality of Buccleuch and its railway station are located at the centre of the county.

Hundreds

The County of Buccleuch is divided into the following 17 hundreds:

References

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