The town was proclaimed on 12 June 1913.[3] It got its name from the Kik Ki Well, which in turn was derived from the Aboriginal name for the worms dug out of the nearby soakage.[7] It has a small post office, parking bay, town hall, engineering business "Ki Ki Engineering", and is surrounded by large pastoral properties. At the 2006 census, Ki Ki had a population of 193.[8] Its postcode is 5261.
Ki Ki had a Congregational Church, which was built in 1910 and closed in 1969.
1 2 Bice, John G. (12 June 1913). "TOWN OF KI KI"(PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p.1268. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
↑ "Placename Details: Ki Ki Well". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 4 March 2008. SA0033747. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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