It was proclaimed in 1871 and named after John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, a British Secretary of State for the Colonies.

[1] The county is served by one principal roads, the Barrier Highway which passes through the county in a north-south direction from the town of Whyte Yarcowie in the south entering via the Hundred of Terowie and exiting via the Hundred of Parnaroo on its way to the town centre in Oodla Wirra in the north.

[1] Land use within the part of the county located within the District Council of Peterborough is ’primary production’ and is concerned with “agricultural production and the grazing of stock on relatively large holdings.” Land use within the part located in the 'Pastoral Unincorporated Area' is concerned with primary industry with pastoralism being the dominant activity.

It covers an area of 290 square kilometres (111 sq mi) and its name is derived from an Aboriginal word “having reference to water.” The site of the ceased government town of Lancelot is located within the hundred.

It covers an area of 370 square kilometres (143 sq mi) and was named after Arthur Hardy, a member of the South Australian Parliament at the time.

It covers an area of 330 square kilometres (127 sq mi) and its name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning “rain of little stones.” Its extent is fully occupied by the locality of Parnaroo.

It covers an area of 310 square kilometres (120 sq mi) and its name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning “hidden waterhole”.