Herbert

County of Herbert is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land to the east of the Flinders Ranges about north-east of the town of Peterborough. It was proclaimed in 1877 and named after a prominent man of the time with either a title or a surname containing the name ‘Herbert’. It has been partially divided in the following sub-units of hundreds – Cavenagh, Coglin, Minburra, Nackara, Paratoo and Waroonee. Description The County of Herbert covers the part of South Australia extending from the east side of the Flinders Ranges for a distance of about from its western boundary and for about from its northern boundary. It is bounded by the following counties - Lytton to the north and north-east, Kimberley to the south, Dalhousie to the south-west and the west, and Granville to the north-west. The county’s principal town is Yunta which is located in its eastern side. The county is served by one principal road, the Barrier Highway, which passes through the county in a north-east direction from Terowie in the south through the hundreds of Coglin and Nakara to the town centre in Yunta in the east of the county and onward to Mannahill.