The Town of Thebarton was a local government area of South Australia from 1883 until 1997.

[1] The municipality was divided into four wards: Strangways, Musgrave, Torrens and Jervois.

The town boundaries were formalised with the River Torrens and Adelaide parklands forming the northern and eastern borders.

The town was bordered on the west by the modern Hardys Road, Rankine Road and Bagot Avenue, and the southern boundary was between one and two city blocks north of the modern Sir Donald Bradman Drive, running from Bagot Avenue to the parklands.

The following adjacent local government bodies co-existed with the Thebarton town council: