Werrington County, New South Wales

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Werrington County is a suburb of the City of Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Werrington County is part of the Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Land Council Area.

Werrington County has a daycare centre, primary school, a shopping village, two petrol stations, the Henry Lawson Club, the Namatjira Neighbourhood Centre and tennis courts.

It borders Llandilo(formally known as the ADI site) to the north, St Marys to the east, Werrington to the south, Cambridge Park to the southwest and Werrington Downs to the northwest.

The neigbourhood is of middle class housing and is relatively quiet. It is also geographically higher up than most other suburbs in Penrith. Werrington Creek runs on the eastern border of the suburb. Werrington lake lies on the southwestern corner of the suburb.

[edit] History

Werrington County was part of the area of the Dharug tribe in pre-european times. In 1806, Werrington County was part of a land grant to Mary King, the youngest daughter of Governor Philip King. Werrington County was then farm land until the early 1980's when house lots were sold for the present day houses in the suburb. The primary school was established in 1982 and then relocated within the suburb in 1988.