Aberfeldy is a small settlement located inside triangle of

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and

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surrounded by agricultural land and game farms. The farm Aberfeldy in the

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had a post office known as Elandsrivierbrug; when the railway reached the farm in 1902 the new

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administration preferred "Aberfeldy", Scottish in origin, to the previous Afrikaans name. By 1905 the post office name was Anglicised into Elands River Bridge.

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Populated places in the Maluti a Phofung Local Municipality {{FreeState-geo-stub