Blackford, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Blackford
State:sa
Coordinates:-36.7831°N 140.0214°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Lga:Kingston District Council
Local Map:yes
Postcode:5275
Established:3 December 1998
Established Footnotes:[1]
Pop:51
Dist1:22
Dir1:east
Location1:Kingston SE
Stategov:MacKillop
Fedgov:Barker
Near-N:Taratap
Near-E:Keilira
Near-Se:Avenue Range
Near-S:Reedy Creek
Near-Sw:Kingston SE
Near-W:West Range
Footnotes:[2]

Blackford is a locality within the Kingston District Council in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia.

The locality boundaries include the Mount Scott Conservation Park.

Most of the Hundred of Murrabinna is contained in the locality of Blackford. The northern boundary is coincident, but the locality extends east and west beyond the hundred into the hundreds of Minecrow and Lacepede respectively and the southern end of the hundred of Murrabinna is in the boundaries of the locality of Reedy Creek.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Lacepede) . The South Australian Government Gazette . 3 December 1998 . 1711 . 4 December 2018 . Government of South Australia.
  2. Web site: Placename Details: Blackford (LOCB) . Government of South Australia . Location SA Viewer . SA0037180 . 11 January 2021 .