{{for|the unincorporated community in Missouri|Heatonville, Missouri}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Heatonville | pushpin_map = South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|28.659|S|31.785|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 | established_title = Established | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- demographics (section 1) --> | demographics_type1 = | demographics1_title1 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]] | demographics1_info1 = | demographics1_title2 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_info2 = | demographics1_title3 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]] | demographics1_info3 = | demographics1_title4 = [[White South African|White]] | demographics1_info4 = | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = <!-- demographics (section 2) --> | demographics_type2 = | demographics2_footnotes = | demographics2_title1 = | demographics2_info1 = | demographics2_title2 = | demographics2_info2 = | demographics2_title3 = | demographics2_info3 = | demographics2_title4 = | demographics2_info4 = | demographics2_title5 = | demographics2_info5 = <!-- 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 = 3881 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]] }} '''Heatonville''' is a settlement approximately 13&nbsp;km north-west of [[Empangeni]]. It was named after [[George Heaton Nicholls]] (1876-1959), member of Parliament for Zululand from 1920, later also Administrator of [[Natal Province|Natal]] and [[High Commissioner for South Africa]] from 1944.{{#tag:ref |{{cite book|last=Raper|first=Peter E.|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names|url=https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames#page/n201/mode/2up|publisher=Internet Archive|accessdate=28 August 2013|page=201|year=1987}} |name=dosapn}}

The area around Heatonville has a much deeper human history than the written local record suggests. A 1959 archaeological paper on [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3886640 “Middle and Later Stone Age Assemblages near Heatonville, Zululand]” places prehistoric activity in the vicinity of Heatonville and Lower Umfolozi.

==References== {{reflist}}

{{uThungulu District Municipality}}

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

{{KwaZuluNatal-geo-stub}}