Luckhoff Explained

Luckhoff
Pushpin Map:South Africa Free State#South Africa#Africa
Coordinates:-29.75°N 71°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Africa
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Free State
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Xhariep
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Letsemeng
Subdivision Type4:Main Place
Established Title:Established
Leader Title:Councillor
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:30.92
Population Total:3699
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Racial makeup (2011)
Demographics1 Title1:Black African
Demographics1 Info1:46.1%
Demographics1 Title2:Coloured
Demographics1 Info2:49.1%
Demographics1 Title3:Indian/Asian
Demographics1 Info3:0.7%
Demographics1 Title4:White
Demographics1 Info4:3.9%
Demographics1 Title5:Other
Demographics1 Info5:0.2%
Demographics Type2:First languages (2011)
Demographics2 Title1:Afrikaans
Demographics2 Info1:77.2%
Demographics2 Title2:Sotho
Demographics2 Info2:11.3%
Demographics2 Title3:Xhosa
Demographics2 Info3:7.6%
Demographics2 Title4:English
Demographics2 Info4:1.2%
Demographics2 Title5:Other
Demographics2 Info5:2.7%
Timezone1:SAST
Utc Offset1:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code (street)
Postal Code:9982
Postal2 Code Type:PO box
Postal2 Code:9982
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:053

Lückhoff is a small merino sheep farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. It was established on the farm Koffiekuil in 1892 and named after a Dutch Reformed Church minister Reverend HJ Luckhoff.

Nowadays the bulk of the sheep found in this district are dorper sheep and not merino. A small number of farmers also stock an indigenous sheep breed known as the damara.

The town is located 82 km north-west of Philippolis and 56 km west of Fauresmith. It was established in 1892 on the farm Koffiekuil. Probably named after Heinrich Jacob Luckhoff (1842-1943), Minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Fauresmith at that time.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Main Place Luckhoff . Census 2011.
  2. Web site: Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain). Human Science Research Council. 285.