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Yorketown
South Australia
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Meville Hotel, Yorketown
Yorketown is located in Yorke Peninsula Council
Yorketown
Yorketown
Location in Yorke Peninsula Council
Population
Established 1872 (sub-division)
27 May 1999 (locality)
Postcode(s) 5576
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 91 km (57 mi) W of Adelaide
  • 227 km (141 mi) from Adelaide via Australian National Route A1.svg
  • 70 km (43 mi) S of Maitland
LGA(s) Yorke Peninsula Council
Region Yorke and Mid North
County Fergusson
State electorate(s) Narungga
Federal Division(s) Grey
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
20.4 °C
69 °F
12.1 °C
54 °F
381.0 mm
15 in
Localities around Yorketown:
Hardwicke Bay Brentwood
Minlaton
Ramsay
Ramsay
Hardwicke Bay
Warooka
Yorketown Stansbury
Wool Bay
Coobowie
Port Moorowie Port Moorowie
Honiton
Edithburgh
Footnotes LGA
Adjoining localities

Yorketown is a town and a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the southern Yorke Peninsula about 91 kilometres (57 mi) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of the municipal seat of Maitland. At the 2016 census, the locality had a population of 969 of which 642 lived in its town centre.

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