# Felixton

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Place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Felixton Felixton Show map of KwaZulu-Natal Felixton Show map of South Africa Coordinates: 28°49′52″S 31°53′38″E / 28.831°S 31.894°E / -28.831; 31.894 Country South Africa Province KwaZulu-Natal District King Cetshwayo Municipality uMhlathuze Main Place Empangeni Area [1] • Total 2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi) Population (2011)[1] • Total 1,023 • Density 430/km2 (1,110/sq mi) Racial makeup (2011) [1] • Black African 66.7% • Coloured 1.2% • Indian/Asian 11.4% • White 20.5% • Other 0.1% First languages (2011) [1] • Zulu 52.5% • English 31.7% • Afrikaans 8.3% • Swazi 1.4% • Other 6.1% Time zone UTC+2 (SAST) PO box 3875

**Felixton** is a town in [King Cetshwayo District Municipality](/source/King_Cetshwayo_District_Municipality) in the [KwaZulu-Natal](/source/KwaZulu-Natal) province of [South Africa](/source/South_Africa).

Village 10 km south-east of [Empangeni](/source/Empangeni), first settled in 1907. Said to have been named either after Viscount [Herbert John Gladstone](/source/Herbert_John_Gladstone), nicknamed Felix, or after a local pioneer, Felix Piccione.[2] The local sugar mill is one of the largest in country.

## Sources

- [Erasmus, B.P.J.](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=B.P.J._Erasmus&action=edit&redlink=1): *[Op Pad in Suid-Afrika](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Op_Pad_in_Suid-Afrika&action=edit&redlink=1)*. 1995. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-86842-026-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86842-026-4)

- [Rosenthal, Eric](/source/Eric_Rosenthal_(historian)): '*[Ensiklopedie van Suidelike Afrika](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ensiklopedie_van_Suidelike_Afrika&action=edit&redlink=1)*. 1967

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-census2011_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-census2011_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-census2011_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-census2011_1-3) ["Sub Place Felixton"](http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/538015029). *Census 2011*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-dsapn_2-0)** ["Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)"](https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames). Human Science Research Council. p. 162.

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