Koppies is a small town (railway station) situated near the Renoster River 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. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
.
Geography
The town is situated 63 km north-east of
Kroonstad
Kroonstad ( in Afrikaans) is a town in Free State, South Africa, consisting of the following suburbs:
Brentpark,
Constantia,
Constantia Park,
Dawid Malanville,
Elandia,
Gelukwaarts,
Goedgedacht,
Heuningspruit,
Industria,
Jordania,
Koek ...
, 48 km west of
Heilbron and 42 km south-south-east of
Parys. It was laid out as a township in 1910 and became a municipality in 1926. Formerly Kopjes, meaning 'hills', the name is derived from that of the farm on which it was laid out, Honingkopjes, Dutch for 'honey hills'.
History
General De Wet donated his Farm "Rooipoort" to be set up for under-privileged whites in the form of a few morgen irrigation land, and then a few morgen "dry" land for cultivating maize, etc. By the time the people got out of the war they were very poor, and were supplied with a few eggs and a paraffin lamp/hatcher for the eggs.
By demand/pressure of General De Wet, the
Koppies Dam
Koppies Dam is a combined gravity and arch type dam located on the Renoster River, near Koppies, Free State (South African province), Free State, South Africa. The Koppies Dam Nature Reserve contains the dam. It was established in 1911 and its pr ...
was constructed to supply water for irrigation, and work to the local people who needed it badly. During the 1960s, the wall of the dam was raised to where it is today.
References
Populated places in the Ngwathe Local Municipality
Populated places established in 1904
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