The name of the municipality was changed to Carrieton on 31 May 1894, and was divided into six wards in 1896.

It had consisted of the Hundreds of Bendleby, Eurelia, Eurilpa, McCulloch, O'Laddie, Uroonda, Yalpara and Yanyarrie since 1896, when two earlier additional hundreds (Minburra and Waroonce, together comprising the council's Minburra Ward) were severed.

[3] Council chambers for the municipality were built in 1892 in Carrieton.

A coronial inquest found that the clerk "came to his death...of his own act, but the evidence does not show whether such taking was accidental or incidental.

"[4][1][5] The municipality ceased to exist in March 1997, when it merged with the adjacent District Council of Orroroo to create the District Council of Orroroo Carrieton.