County of Jervois
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The main street of Cowell in 2006 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 33°41′48″S 136°24′41″E / 33.696620°S 136.411470°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Eyre Western | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1878 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 9,600 km2 (3,700 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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The County of Jervois is a cadastral unit in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula. It was proclaimed on 24 January 1878 and named after William Jervois, the Governor of South Australia from October 1877 to January 1883.