The county contains the city of Broken Hill (in Picton Parish) and village of Silverton (in Umberumberka Parish). The County also has the hamlets of Wallarunga/The Pinnacles, and Burns and the ghost towns of Tarrawingee, Purnamoota.
Some New South Wales industrial relations laws have excluded the county of Yancowinna.[1] The county is also the only part of New South Wales which is in the same timezone as South Australia (+9.5 rather than +10).[2]
The name Yancowinna is believed to be derived from a local Aboriginal word and is also the name of the location within the county of Yancowinna Glen.[3]
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 |
|---|
| Albert | Unincorporated Far West | 32|00|54|S|141|08|29|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Albert}} |
| Aldborough | Unincorporated Far West | 32|14|09|S|141|51|49|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Aldborough}} |
| Alma | Unincorporated Far West | 32|00|29|S|141|21|49|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Alma}} |
| Barrier | Unincorporated Far West | 32|09|24|S|141|38|10|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Barrier}} |
| Bolaira | Unincorporated Far West | 31|57|47|S|141|32|30|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Bolaira}} |
| Bomangaldy | Unincorporated Far West | 31|49|58|S|141|11|11|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Bomangaldy}} |
| Bray | Unincorporated Far West | 31|57|37|S|141|15|19|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Bray}} |
| Cambellia | Unincorporated Far West |
| Carrington | Unincorporated Far West | 31|49|58|S|141|04|34|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Carrington}} |
| Cathcart | Unincorporated Far West | 31|47|09|S|141|35|28|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Cathcart}} |
| Coombarra | Unincorporated Far West | 32|09|22|S|141|28|29|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Coombarra}} |
| Coonbaralla | Unincorporated Far West | 32|03|22|S|141|49|46|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Coonbaralla}} |
| Dhoon | Unincorporated Far West | 32|07|55|S|141|08|39|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Dhoon}} |
| Edgar | Unincorporated Far West | 32|03|01|S|141|14|28|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Edgar}} |
| Elti | Unincorporated Far West | 31|42|07|S|141|05|33|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Elti}} |
| Fairy Hill | Unincorporated Far West | 31|39|52|S|141|47|55|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Fairy Hill}} |
| Farmcoat | Unincorporated Far West | 32|05|13|S|141|40|35|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Farmcoat}} |
| Hughes | Unincorporated Far West | 32|12|09|S|141|25|49|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Hughes}} |
| Inkerman | Unincorporated Far West | 31|52|21|S|141|54|45|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Inkerman}} |
| Jamieson | Unincorporated Far West | 31|53|33|S|141|04|35|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Jamieson}} |
| Lewis | Unincorporated Far West | 31|45|14|S|141|24|00|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Lewis}} |
| Maharatta | Unincorporated Far West | 31|51|14|S|141|46|46|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Maharatta}} |
| Matong | Unincorporated Far West | 31|49|05|S|141|50|09|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Matong}} |
| Meadows | Unincorporated Far West | 31|39|39|S|141|05|32|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Meadows}} |
| Moorkaie | Unincorporated Far West | 31|49|09|S|141|38|47|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Moorkaie}} |
| Mount Gipps | Unincorporated Far West | 31|46|30|S|141|29|16|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Mount Gipps}} |
| Mundi Mundi | Unincorporated Far West | 31|44|19|S|141|13|24|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Mundi Mundi}} |
| Myalla | Unincorporated Far West | 31|44|04|S|141|55|39|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Myalla}} |
| Nadbuck | Unincorporated Far West | 31|56|45|S|141|21|41|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Nadbuck}} |
| Naradin | Unincorporated Far West | 31|53|06|S|141|21|39|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Naradin}} |
| Narran | Unincorporated Far West | 32|07|38|S|141|47|26|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Narran}} |
| Ophara | Unincorporated Far West | 32|07|55|S|141|02|50|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Ophara}} |
| Picton | Unincorporated Far West, Broken Hill | 31|54|34|S|141|28|11|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Picton}} |
| Purnamoota | Unincorporated Far West | 31|35|48|S|141|27|50|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Purnamoota}} |
| Redan | Unincorporated Far West | 32|14|30|S|141|44|56|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Redan}} |
| Robe | Unincorporated Far West | 31|39|21|S|141|21|11|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Robe}} |
| Sebastopol | Unincorporated Far West | 32|03|39|S|141|33|25|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Sebastopol}} |
| Sentinel | Unincorporated Far West | 32|10|36|S|141|14|49|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Sentinel}} |
| Soudan | Unincorporated Far West | 32|05|14|S|141|26|11|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Soudan}} |
| Stephen | Unincorporated Far West | 31|48|38|S|141|22|04|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Stephen}} |
| Stratford | Unincorporated Far West | 32|02|21|S|141|42|30|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Stratford}} |
| Tara | Unincorporated Far West | 31|54|39|S|141|37|29|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Tara}} |
| Thackaringa | Unincorporated Far West | 31|57|42|S|141|06|21|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Thackaringa}} |
| Umberumberka | Unincorporated Far West | 31|50|07|S|141|16|29|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Umberumberka}} |
| Victoria | Unincorporated Far West | 32|04|16|S|141|02|47|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Victoria}} |
| Waukeroo | Unincorporated Far West | 31|41|05|S|141|33|48|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Waukeroo}} |
| Yancowinna East | Unincorporated Far West | 31|38|59|S|141|54|54|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Yancowinna East}} |
| Yancowinna North | Unincorporated Far West | 31|39|40|S|141|40|49|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Yancowinna North}} |
| Yancowinna | Unincorporated Far West | 31|45|29|S|141|43|04|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Yancowinna}} |
| Yangalla | Unincorporated Far West | 31|36|56|S|141|14|23|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|name=Yangalla}} |
1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au/awards/pathways/results.jsp?award_code=702&show=AID |title=NSW Office of Industrial Relations: Awards Online |publisher=www.industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au |accessdate=2008-03-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927075924/http://www.industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au/awards/pathways/results.jsp?award_code=702&show=AID |archivedate=September 27, 2007 }}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/australia/new-south-wales/|title=New South Wales|publisher=wwp.greenwichmeantime.com|accessdate=2008-03-22}}
3. ^{{NSW GNR|id = KWQloesyIt|title = Yancowinna|accessdate = 11 August 2013}}
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