Murchison County, New Zealand

Murchison County was one of the counties of New Zealand on the South Island.

During the period 1853 to 1876, the area that would become Murchison County was administered as part of Nelson Province. On 1 April 1909, the Murchison County Act 1908 came into force, creating the Murchison County out of what had been the Hampden Riding of Inangahua County. The county council's administrative headquarters was located in Murchison.

Murchison County existed until 1965 when the Counties of Waimea and Murchison were abolished in the NZ Gazette 1965 pages 437-438, Waimea County was constituted, then in 1988 the Boroughs of Richmond and Motueka and Waimea County were united to form Tasman District Council by NZ Gazette 1988 pages 5384 to 5386; then in 1989 local government reforms by NZ Gazette 1989 pages 2381 to 2383 the new Tasman District was formed.