Rural North is bounded in the north by the municipal boundary of West Wimmera Shire and Horsham Rural City; in the east by Ararat Rural City; in the south by a rough line that runs east-west north of the localities of Moutajup, Strathkellar, Bochara, Gritjurk and south of Karabeal, Hensley Park, Bulart, Wootong Vale and Deloraine; in the west by the municipal boundaries of the Glenelg Shire and West Wimmera Shire.