Aberfeldy, Free State Explained

Aberfeldy
Pushpin Map:South Africa Free State#South Africa
Coordinates:-28.215°N 28.825°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Africa
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Free State
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Thabo Mofutsanyane
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Maluti-a-Phofung
Subdivision Type4:Main Place
Established Title:Established
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics1 Title1:Black African
Demographics1 Title2:Coloured
Demographics1 Title3:Indian/Asian
Demographics1 Title4:White
Demographics1 Title5:Other
Timezone1:SAST
Utc Offset1:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code (street)
Postal2 Code Type:PO box
Area Code Type:Area code

Aberfeldy is a small settlement located inside triangle of Phuthaditjhaba, Kestell and Harrismith surrounded by agricultural land and game farms.[1]

The farm Aberfeldy in the Orange Free State had a post office known as Elandsrivierbrug; when the railway reached the farm in 1902 the new Orange River Colony administration preferred "Aberfeldy", Scottish in origin, to the previous Afrikaans name. By 1905 the post office name was Anglicised into Elands River Bridge.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Towns included in the. Grasslands Meander. 29 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20130723183818/http://grasslandsmeander.co.za/index_files/Towns.html. 2013-07-23. dead.
  2. Book: African Research & Documentation. 2000. African Studies Association of the UK. 51.