Trompsburg

Trompsburg

Trompsburg

Place in Free State, South Africa

Trompsburg is a town in the Free State province of South Africa off the N1 highway, the major road connection between Johannesburg and Cape Town.

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Background

The town is 120 km south-west of Bloemfontein and 56 km north-east of Philippolis. It was laid out in 1891 on the farm Middelwater and attained municipal status in 1902. Named after the owners of the farm, Jan and Bastiaan Tromp.[3]: 352  It was at first called Jagersfontein Road, then Hamilton, in honour of Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams (1858–1920), Lieutenant-Governor of the Orange River Colony from 1901 to 1910.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Free State Tourism.org Archived 2014-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Sum of the Main Places Madikgetla and Trompsburg from Census 2011.
  3. [3]
    Conolly, Denis (1975). The Tourist in South Africa. Travel-Guide (PTY) LTD. ASIN B0000E7XZN.
  4. [4]
    "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 438.
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