| Frome South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Willochra Plain from the northern foothills of Mount Remarkable in the Hundred of Gregory | |||||||||||||||
  Frome | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°44′20″S 138°10′05″E / 32.739°S 138.168°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1851 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3,910 km2 (1,508 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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The County of Frome is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia in straddling the Mid North and Flinders Ranges regions. It was proclaimed in 1851 by Governor Henry Young and was named for the former Surveyor-General of South Australia, Edward Charles Frome.[1] The iconic Mount Remarkable in the Hundred of Gregory is at the centre of the county.
- ^ "Placename Details: County of Frome". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 10 March 2009. SA0025202. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
Derivation of Name: Captain E C Frome, Surveyor General; Other Details: Area 1508 square miles. Captain Edward Charles Frome was Surveyor-General 2/10/1839 to 30/7/1849.