Trompsburg

Trompsburg
Trompsburg town hall
Trompsburg  Trompsburg shown within Free State
Coordinates: 30°1′S 25°46′E / 30.017°S 25.767°ECoordinates: 30°1′S 25°46′E / 30.017°S 25.767°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Xhariep
Municipality	Kopanong
Established	1891
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Mayor	Xolile Mathwa [1] (ANC)
Area[2]
• Total	16.2 km^2 (6.3 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	5,338
• Density	330/km^2 (850/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	70.2%
• Coloured	22.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	6.6%
• Other	0.6%
First languages (2011)[2]
• Sotho	41.3%
• Afrikaans	35.7%
• Xhosa	15.7%
• English	1.8%
• Other	5.5%
Postal code (street)	9913
PO box	9913
Area code	051

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

Town 122 km south-west of Bloemfontein and 56 km south-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. 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.^[3]

References

1. Free State Tourism.org
2. Sum of the Main Places Madikgetla and Trompsburg from Census 2011.
3. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 438.