Kainton, South Australia

Kainton
Kainton
Coordinates: 34°7′S 137°54′E / 34.117°S 137.900°E / -34.117; 137.900
CountryAustralia
StateSouth Australia
RegionYorke and Mid North
LGA
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total54 (SAL 2021)
Time zoneUTC+9:30 (ACST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+10:30 (ACDT)
Postcode
5552
CountyDaly
Localities around Kainton
Paskeville Paskeville
Melton
Kulpara
Port Arthur
Port Arthur
Sunnyvale Kainton Port Arthur
Gulf St Vincent
Arthurton Clinton Centre
Clinton
Gulf St Vincent
Adjoining localities

Kainton is a small town in the Australian state of South Australia situated about 10 km south of Paskeville in the upper Yorke Peninsula.

The Kainton school closed in 1907, but the "Hundred of Clinton School" was renamed "Kainton School" in 1915.

Kainton is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area known as the Yorke Peninsula Council.