Bathurst County
Bathurst County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It includes the area to the south-west of Bathurst to Cowra and Orange. The Lachlan River is the boundary to the south-west, the Belubula River forms part of the northern boundary, with the Fish River on the northeastern boundary. Blayney is located roughly in the middle.
Bathurst County was named in honour of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl 1762–1834. The Electoral district of Bathurst was the first state electoral district for the area, between 1856 and 1859.
at Cowra; the river is the boundary between Bathurst and Forbes
In 1852 it had an area of and population of 6,405. At this time it was described as having some of the best wool in the colony, with excellent farming land.
Parishes within this county
A full list of parishes found within this county; their current LGA and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows:| Parish | LGA | Coordinates |
| Aberfoil | Cabonne Shire | |
| Anson | Cabonne Shire | |
| Apsley | Bathurst Regional Council | |
| Arkell | Bathurst Regional Council | |
| Bangaroo | Cowra Shire | |
| Bathurst | Bathurst Regional Council | |
| Beaufort | Blayney Shire | |
| Belubula | Blayney Shire | |
| Beneree | Cabonne Shire | |
| Billimari | Cowra Shire | |
| Blake | Blayney Shire | |
| Bracebridge | Cowra Shire | |
| Bringellet | Oberon Shire | |
| Byng | Cabonne Shire | |
| Cadogan | Bathurst Regional Council | |
| Calvert | Blayney Shire | |
| Canowindra | Cowra Shire | |
| Carlton | Blayney Shire | |
| Chaucer | Cowra Shire | |
| Clarendon | Cabonne Shire | |
| Clinton | Cabonne Shire | |
| Cole | Bathurst Regional Council | |
| Coleridge | Bathurst Regional Council | |
| Colville | Cabonne Shire | |
| Coota | Cowra Shire | |
| Cowra | Cowra Shire | |
| Dunleary | Cowra Shire | |
| Egbert | Cowra Shire | |
| Errol | Blayney Shire | |
| Freemantle | Cabonne Shire | |
| Galbraith | Blayney Shire | |
| Glenlogan | Cowra Shire | |
| Graham | Blayney Shire | |
| Grantham | Bathurst Regional Council | |
| Hampton | Cowra Shire | |
| Huntley | Cabonne Shire | |
| Kenilworth | Cowra Shire | |
| Lennox | Cabonne Shire | |
| Lindsay | Blayney Shire | |
| Lowry | Bathurst Regional Council | |
| Lucan | Blayney Shire | |
| Lucan | Blayney Shire | |
| Lyndhurst | Blayney Shire | |
| Malmsbury | Bathurst Regional Council | |
| Malongulli | Cowra Shire | |
| Milburn | Cowra Shire | |
| Mount Pleasant | Bathurst Regional Council | |
| Napier | Blayney Shire | |
| Neville | Blayney Shire | |
| Oakley | Bathurst Regional Council | |
| Orange | City of Orange | |
| Osborne | Blayney Shire | |
| Ponsonby | Bathurst Regional Council | |
| Purfleet | Cowra Shire | |
| Roseberg | Cowra Shire | |
| Shadforth | Cabonne Shire | |
| Shaw | Blayney Shire | |
| Somers | Blayney Shire | |
| St David | Bathurst Regional Council | |
| Tenandra | Cowra Shire | |
| Three Brothers | Blayney Shire | |
| Tintern | Cowra Shire | |
| Torrens | Blayney Shire | |
| Vittoria | Cabonne Shire | |
| Waldegrave | Cabonne Shire | |
| Walli | Cabonne Shire | |
| Waugoola | Cowra Shire | |
| Worcester | Cabonne Shire |