[1][5][6] The County of Burra was proclaimed by Henry Edward Fox Young, the fifth Governor of South Australia on 7 August 1851.

[2] The following thirteen hundreds were proclaimed within the County between the years 1851 and 1881- Apoinga in 1851, Baldina in 1875, Bright in 1875, Bundey in 1878, Hallett in 1860, King in 1878, Kingston in 1860, Kooringa in 1851, Lindley in 1881, Maude under the name of Schomburgk in 1880, Mongolata in 1875, Rees in 1879, and Tomkinson in 1879.

It covers an area of 240 square kilometres (93 sq mi) and was named after Henry Edward Bright, a South Australian politician.

It covers an area of 310 square kilometres (118 sq mi) and was named after William Henry Bundey, a South Australian politician.

It covers an area of 310 square kilometres (118 sq mi) and was named after Thomas King, a South Australian politician.

It covers an area of 230 square kilometres (87 sq mi) and was named after George Strickland Kingston, a South Australian politician.

It covers an area of 300 square kilometres (115 sq mi) and was named after John Lindley, an English botanist and horticulturalist.

It covers an area of 240 square kilometres (93 sq mi) and its name is reported as being derived from an Aboriginal word.

It covers an area of 260 square kilometres (101 sq mi) and was named after Rowland Rees, a South Australian politician.

It covers an area of 430 square kilometres (167 sq mi) and was named after Samuel Tomkinson, a South Australian politician.