Type: | town |
Fords | |
State: | sa |
Postcode: | 5373 |
Elevation: | 215 |
Gazetted: | 2000 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Dist1: | 9 |
Dir1: | SW |
Location1: | Kapunda |
Dist2: | 27 |
Dir2: | N |
Location2: | Gawler |
Lga: | Light Regional Council |
Stategov: | Stuart |
Fedgov: | Barker |
Near-N: | Kapunda |
Near-Ne: | St Johns |
Near-E: | Moppa |
Near-Se: | Greenock |
Near-S: | Nain |
Near-Sw: | Freeling |
Near-W: | Linwood |
Near-Nw: | Bethel |
Coordinates: | -34.4°N 138.8°W |
Fords is a locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, southwest of Kapunda, South Australia. It is crossed by the Thiele Highway. The northern boundary of Fords is the Light River. Fords is named after an early landowner, John Ford.[2] It was located on the Morgan railway line until it closed in the 1990s.