The County of Heytesbury is one of the 37 counties of Victoria

Counties of Victoria

The Australian state of Victoria is divided into 37 counties. They are part of the lands administrative divisions of Australia. These counties were gazetted in stages between 1849 and 1871 as Victoria was progressively opened up to European settlement. By 1890 all parish boundaries had been gazetted...

 which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia

Cadastral divisions of Australia

Lands administrative divisions of Australia refers to the parts of Australia which are divided into the cadastral units of counties, parishes, hundreds, and other divisions for the purposes of land ownership...

, used for land titles. The County is in the Western District of Victoria bounded by the Gellibrand River

Gellibrand River

The Gellibrand River is a river in southwestern Victoria, Australia. It arises in the Otway Ranges near Beech Forest and enters Bass Strait at Princetown.It was named after Joseph Gellibrand, a solicitor from Van Diemen's Land.-References:...

 in the east and the Hopkins River

Hopkins River

The Hopkins River is a river in southwestern Victoria, Australia. It begins near Ararat, and enters Bass Strait at Warrnambool. It is one of two rivers flowing through Warrnambool, the other is the Merri River....

 in the west. In the north the County was bounded approximately by the existing road, now the Princes Highway

Princes Highway

The Princes Highway extends from Sydney to Port Augusta via the coast through the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, a distance of 1941 km or 1898 km via the former alignments of the highway ....

. Larger towns include Camperdown

Camperdown, Victoria

Camperdown is an historically significant rural town in southwestern Victoria, Australia, south west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Camperdown had a population of 3,165.-History:...

 and Cobden

Cobden, Victoria

Cobden is a town located 210 kilometres southwest of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia named in honour of Richard Cobden. At the 2006 census, Cobden had a population of 1813. At the 2001 census, Cobden had a population of 1419.- History :...

. The County was proclaimed in 1849.

Parishes

Parishes within the county:

• Brucknell
• Carpendeit
• Cooirejong
• Coradjil
• Ecklin
• Elingamite
• Jancourt
• Laang
• La Trobe (part in the County of Polwarth
  County of Polwarth
  The County of Polwarth 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 and includes the Cape Otway area, bounded by the Gellibrand River in the west and the Anglesea River and...
  
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• Mepunga
• Narrawaturk
• Nirranda
• Nullwarre
• Paaratte
• Panmure (part in the County of Hampden)
• Pomborneit
• Purrumbete South
• Tallangatta
• Tandarook
• Timboon
• Waarre
• Wiridjil