# County of Alfred

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type     = cadastral
| name     = Alfred
| state    = sa
| image    = 
| caption  = 
| established = 1868
| established_footnotes =<ref name="PLB"/>
| area_total_sq_mi = 1502
| coordinates = {{coord|34.528|S|140.697|E|display=inline,title}}
| lga      = [Loxton Waikerie](/source/District_Council_of_Loxton_Waikerie)
| near-nw  = [Young](/source/County_of_Young)
| near-n   = [Hamley](/source/County_of_Hamley)
| near-ne  = [Tara](/source/Tara_County) (NSW)
| near-e   = [Millewa](/source/County_of_Millewa) (Vic)
| near-se  = [Weeah](/source/County_of_Weeah) (Vic)
| near-s   = [Chandos](/source/County_of_Chandos)
| near-sw  = [Buccleuch](/source/County_of_Buccleuch)
| near-w   = [Albert](/source/County_of_Albert)
}}
The '''County of Alfred''' is one of the [49 cadastral counties](/source/Lands_administrative_divisions_of_South_Australia) of [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) on the south banks of the [River Murray](/source/River_Murray). It was proclaimed by Governor [James Fergusson](/source/Sir_James_Fergusson%2C_6th_Baronet) in 1868 and named for [Prince Alfred](/source/Alfred%2C_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha), second son of Queen Victoria, who visited the state in 1867.<ref name="PLB">{{Cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |title=Placename Details: County of Alfred |id=SA0000771 |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=[Government of South Australia](/source/Government_of_South_Australia) |date=14 January 2009 |accessdate=15 April 2019 |archive-date=7 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The entirety of the county, along with the [Hundred of Moorook](/source/Hundred_of_Moorook) in the adjacent [County of Albert](/source/County_of_Albert), was proclaimed as the [District Council of Loxton](/source/District_Council_of_Loxton) in 1910. In 1916 the hundreds of Paringa and Murtho seceded from Loxton's north to form the new [District Council of Paringa](/source/District_Council_of_Paringa), and the hundreds of Allen, Kekwick and McGorrery seceded from the south to form the new [District Council of Brown's Well](/source/District_Council_of_Brown's_Well). Paringa and Murtho became part of a larger council—the [Renmark Paringa Council](/source/Renmark_Paringa_Council)—when Paringa council amalgamated with [Renmark town](/source/Town_of_Renmark) in 1996. When Loxton council re-amalgamated with Brown's Well and [Waikerie](/source/District_Council_of_Waikerie) in 1997, the remaining southern bulk of the county became part of the larger [District Council of Loxton Waikerie](/source/District_Council_of_Loxton_Waikerie).

==Hundreds==
The county is divided into eight hundreds: from west to east on the south bank of the Murray are the hundreds of '''Murtho''', '''Paringa''', '''Gordon''', '''Bookpurnong''' and '''Pyap'''. In the south of the county from east to west are the hundreds of '''Allen''', '''Kekwick''' and '''McGorrery'''.<ref name="PLB"/>

== See also ==
* [Lands administrative divisions of South Australia](/source/Lands_administrative_divisions_of_South_Australia)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Counties of South Australia}}

Alfred

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