Hundred of Stow
The Hundred of Stow is the cadastral unit of hundred on the northern Adelaide Plains. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Stanley. It was named in 1867 by Governor Dominick Daly after Randolph Isham Stow (1828–1878), twice Attorney-General of South Australia. Parts of the localities of Mount Templeton, Stow, Whitwarta, Watchman and Balaklava are within the hundred.
| Stow South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Wakefield River in flood on the south border of the hundred at Whitwarta | |||||||||||||||
Stow | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34.05°S 138.36°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 26 June 1862 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 150 square kilometres (56 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Wakefield | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Mid North | ||||||||||||||
| County | Stanley | ||||||||||||||
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