The more populous towns of Kapunda, Greenock, Nuriootpa, Stockwell and Truro, and the localities of Bagot Well and Fords, also cross the boundaries of the hundred, but the townships are all outside the hundred bounds.

The name appears to be derived from the Belvidere Range, spanning from Nain, south-easterly adjacent to the hundred, to Black Springs, further north.

The range was named by geologist explorer Johannes Menge in 1841 because of the view it commanded (Latin bellus meaning beautiful and videre meaning sight).

[1][2] The hundred was proclaimed by Governor Henry Young in 1851,[3][4] the northern boundary being defined as a line due west from Mount Rufus to the River Light.

The District Council of Belvidere was established in 1866 bringing dedicated local government administration to the hundred.