Marquard is a small farming town in the
Free State province of
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
that serves
Winburg
Winburg is a small mixed farming town in the Free State (province), Free State province of South Africa.
It is the oldest proclaimed town (1837) in the Orange Free State, South Africa and thus along with Griquastad, one of the oldest settlemen ...
in the northwest. The town was set up in 1905 by an influential Dutch Reformed Church, Dutch Reform minister, JJ Marquard, with the help of Christoffel Cornelis Froneman, the commandant of the Orange Free State. It was established on the farm Varschfontein and attained municipal status in the same year.
Marquard is 169 kilometers east north-east of Bloemfontein and 45 kilometers south-west of Senekal. The town was named after J J T Marquard, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in
Winburg
Winburg is a small mixed farming town in the Free State (province), Free State province of South Africa.
It is the oldest proclaimed town (1837) in the Orange Free State, South Africa and thus along with Griquastad, one of the oldest settlemen ...
, who had pleaded for the establishment of the town.
References
Populated places in the Setsoto Local Municipality
Populated places established in 1905
1905 establishments in South Africa
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