Windsorton

Windsorton
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Coordinates: 28°20′S 24°43′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	Frances Baard
Municipality	Dikgatlong
Area [1]
• Total	51.1 km^2 (19.7 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	6,250
• Density	120/km^2 (320/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	67.5%
• Coloured	26.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.8%
• White	2.2%
• Other	3.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Tswana	55.2%
• Afrikaans	36.5%
• English	1.9%
• S. Ndebele	1.9%
• Other	4.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	8510
PO box	8510
Area code	053

Windsorton is an agricultural town situated in the Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme on the banks of the Vaal River in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

The village is located on the Vaal River, 55 km north of Kimberley, 35 km northeast of Barkly West and 40 km south-west of Warrenton. It was founded in 1869 as a diamond-diggers’ camp and was administered by a village management board. The town started as Hebron, a mission station, but when diamonds were discovered, the area was flooded with prospectors and the town became a diggers' camp. The town was renamed after P F (Peter Ford) Windsor, the original owner of the land, who was instrumental in its development.

The Khoekhoen name is Chaib, ‘place of the kudu’.^[2]

References

1. Sum of the Main Places Windsorton and Kutlwano from Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 476.