County of Hampden

Infobox Australian cadastral
name = Hampden
state = Victoria


caption = Location in Victoria
near-nw = Ripon
near-n = Ripon
near-ne = Grenville
near-e = Grenville
near-se = Polwarth
near-s = Heytesbury
near-sw = Villiers
near-w = VilliersThe County of Hampden is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. The County is in the Western District of Victoria bounded by Lake Corangamite in the east and the Hopkins River in the west. In the north and south the County was bounded approximately by the existing roads, now the Glenelg Highway and the Princes Highway. Larger towns include Terang and Skipton . The County was proclaimed in 1849.

Parishes

Parishes within the county:
*Borriyalloak
*Caramballuc South
*Chatsworth (part in the County of Villiers)
*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
*Citation
last = Rootsweb Genealogy | title = Victorian Counties| url = http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kenmac/victowns/viccounties.htm | accessdate = 2008-09-20 ]

References

* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kenmac/victowns/ Research aids, Victoria 1910]
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-raa30-s168 Map of the counties of Follett, Dundas, Ripon, Normanby, Villiers, Hampden, Heytesbury / John Sands]