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Did You Know?

Kalkfontein is the farm on which the town of Jacobsdal in the Free State province was originally established. The town was founded in 1859 by a farmer named Jacobus de Vos, after whom it is named, and the farm Kalkfontein served as the initial settlement site. The area is historically significant as part of the early Afrikaner settlement in the region, with the town later playing a role during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902), including the establishment of a concentration camp nearby. The original farmhouse and associated structures from the 1850s period are considered heritage landmarks, though specific details about the Kalkfontein farmstead itself are limited in public records.

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