Edenville, Free State

Edenville
Dutch Reformed Church in Edenville
Edenville  Edenville shown within Free State
Coordinates: 27°33′S 27°40′E / 27.550°S 27.667°ECoordinates: 27°33′S 27°40′E / 27.550°S 27.667°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Fezile Dabi
Municipality	Ngwathe
Established	1912
Area[1]
• Total	7.3 km^2 (2.8 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	6,294
• Density	860/km^2 (2,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	94.7%
• Coloured	0.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	4.0%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Sotho	88.0%
• Afrikaans	4.7%
• Zulu	3.2%
• Sign language	1.0%
• Other	3.1%
Postal code (street)	9535
PO box	9535

Edenville is a small farming town situated in the northern Free State province of South Africa.

The town is situated 48 km north-east of Kroonstad and 50 km south-west of Heilbron. It was established on the farms Erfdeel-Noord, Langland and Welgelegen in 1912, and attained municipal status in 1921. The name is assumed to refer to the biblical Garden of Eden, but this is uncertain.^[2]

References

1. Sum of the Main Places Ngwathe and Edenville from Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 151.