{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Felixton | pushpin_map = South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|28.831|S|31.894|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[South Africa]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[KwaZulu-Natal]] | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = [[King Cetshwayo District Municipality|King Cetshwayo]] | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = [[uMhlathuze Local Municipality|uMhlathuze]] | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | subdivision_name4 = [[Empangeni]] | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/538015029 |title = Sub Place Felixton |work=Census 2011}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 2.38 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | population_total = 1023 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- demographics (section 1) --> | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics1_title1 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]] | demographics1_info1 = 66.7% | demographics1_title2 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_info2 = 1.2% | demographics1_title3 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]] | demographics1_info3 = 11.4% | demographics1_title4 = [[White South African|White]] | demographics1_info4 = 20.5% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 0.1% <!-- demographics (section 2) --> | demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics2_title1 = [[Zulu language|Zulu]] | demographics2_info1 = 52.5% | demographics2_title2 = [[English language|English]] | demographics2_info2 = 31.7% | demographics2_title3 = [[Afrikaans]] | demographics2_info3 = 8.3% | demographics2_title4 = [[Swazi language|Swazi]] | demographics2_info4 = 1.4% | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 6.1% <!-- blank fields (section 2) --> <!-- Other information --> | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street) | postal_code = | postal2_code_type = [[Post-office box|PO box]] | postal2_code = 3875 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]] }} '''Felixton''' is a town in [[King Cetshwayo District Municipality]] in the [[KwaZulu-Natal]] province of [[South Africa]].

Village 10&nbsp;km south-east of [[Empangeni]], first settled in 1907. Said to have been named either after Viscount [[Herbert John Gladstone]], nicknamed Felix, or after a local pioneer, Felix Piccione.<ref name=dsapn>{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=162}}</ref> The local sugar mill is one of the largest in country.

== Sources == * [[B.P.J. Erasmus|Erasmus, B.P.J.]]: ''[[Op Pad in Suid-Afrika]]''. 1995. {{ISBN|1-86842-026-4}} * [[Eric Rosenthal (historian)|Rosenthal, Eric]]: '''[[Ensiklopedie van Suidelike Afrika]]''. 1967

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{{uThungulu District Municipality}}

[[Category:Populated places in the uMhlathuze Local Municipality]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1907]]

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