Soetfontein farm

Title

Soetfontein farm

Alternative Title

Soetwater

Ploegfontein

Location Type

farm

Farm Number

474

Nearby Town

Postmasburg

District Municipality

Namakwa

sourced from https://www.geonames.org/3364941/kuil.html

Local Municipality

Hantam

sourced from https://www.geonames.org/3364941/kuil.html

Magistrate District

Kuruman

Province

Northern Cape

Historical Ownership

In 1881, the farm Soetfontein (Sweet Fountain) was listed as belonging to the estate of JM Senaw (Cape of Good Hope, Return of Farms and Lands granted in Griqualand West, Cape Town 1881, p. 26). It was granted by the Griqua Captain, Nicolaas Waterboer. This person's name has not been traced in historical sources.

Latitude

-31.1579

Longitude

19.0947

Geographic coordinates sourced from

Chief Surveyor General Geographic Information System