The County of Hampden 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 bounded by Lake Corangamite in the east and the Hopkins River in the west. In the north and south the county was bounded approximately by the existing roads, now the Glenelg Highway and the Princes Highway. Larger towns include Terang and Skipton . The county was proclaimed in 1849.
Parishes Parishes within the county: Borriyalloak Caramballuc South Chatsworth (part in the County of Villiers) Cobra Killuc Colongulac Connewarren Corangamite Darlington Darlington West Dunnawalla Eilyar Ellerslie Ettrick Framlingham East Galla Garvoc Geelengla Glenormiston Gnarkeet Hexham East Jellalabad Kariah Keilambete Kilnoorat Kolara Koort-koort-nong Kornong Ligar Lismore Marida Yallock Mortlake Nerrin Nerrin Panmure Pircarra Purrumbete North Skipton Struan Taaraak Terang Terrinallum Tooliorook Toorak Towanway Vite Vite Wooriwyrite Woorndoo
References
Research aids, Victoria 1910 Map of the counties of Follett, Dundas, Ripon, Normanby, Villiers, Hampden, Heytesbury / John Sands