It was proclaimed in 1908 and named after George Le Hunte who was the Governor of South Australia from July 1903 to February 1909.

[2] The Port Lincoln to Wudinna line of the Eyre Peninsula Railway passes through the county from the south to the west following the alignment of the Tod Highway and then the alignment of the Eyre Highway west of Kyancutta.

[2] Land use within the county includes primary industrial activity such as “cereal and legume cropping, pastures, and grazing of sheep and cattle,” and mining.

[11][2] The following hundreds have been proclaimed within the county - Kappakoola, Mamblin, Minnipa, Palabie, Pygery, Wannamana, Warramboo, Wudinna and Yaninee in 1913, Pinbong in 1922, Pordia in 1925, Cootra and Koongawa in 1926, Hill in 1927, Cocata in 1928, and Corrobinnie and Peella in 1957.

It covers an area of 260 square kilometres (100 sq mi) and is derived from an aboriginal name.

Most of the hundred is contained in the broader gazetted locality of Pinkawillinie, while the north-eastern corner lies in Buckleboo.

It covers an area of 260 square kilometres (100 sq mi) and is derived from the aboriginal name for “a a rockhole in the area.” It includes the southern section of the gazetted locality of Pygery, with sections of Yaninee in the north-west and Wudinna in the south-east.

It covers an area of 307 square kilometres (118.5 sq mi) and is derived from the aboriginal name for “a lake located in the vicinity.” Most of the hundred is contained within the gazetted locality of Warramboo, with small sections in Koongawa, Kyancutta.

It covers an area of 260 square kilometres (100.5 sq mi) and is derived from the aboriginal name for a hill located within the hundred.

Most of the hundred is contained within the broader gazetted locality of Wudinna, with small sections in Kyancutta and Pinkawillinie.

Most of the hundred is located within the gazetted locality of Yaninee, with a small section in the north-west corner in Minnipa.