It was incorporated on 25 October 1883, prior to the 1888 establishment of the rural District Council of Kanyaka, which surrounded the town for most of its history.

It consisted of a 171 acre area in Quorn township itself, with parkland surrounding the town subsequently serving as the boundary with the Kanyaka council.

It was divided into four wards: North, South, East and West, each represented by two councillors.

It gained a small section of the cadastral Hundred of Pichi Richi on 18 April 1888.

[1][2] The council was based out of the Quorn Town Hall from the building's opening in 1891 until 1953, when it moved to a purpose-built standalone council chamber in Seventh Street.