{{Infobox settlement | name = Jonkersberg | image_skyline = Outeniqua mountains (11383774214).jpg | image_caption = The [[Outeniqua Mountains]], on which the village lies. | pushpin_map = South Africa Western Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|33|56|08|S|22|13|47|E}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[South Africa]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[Western Cape]] | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = [[Garden Route District Municipality|Garden Route]] | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = [[Mossel Bay Local Municipality|Mossel Bay]] | established_title = First Settled | established_date = 1916 | population_total = 114 }} '''Jonkersberg''' is a small village and forestry station in the [[Western Cape]] province of [[South Africa]].
The village was established around 1916 when European woodcutters from [[Knysna]] were resettled in Jonkersberg, as well as [[Franschhoek]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Labour in the Knysna forests under Apartheid |url=https://www.knysnamuseums.co.za/pages/labour-conditions-knysna-forests-apartheid/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Knysna Museums}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Forestry and Water Conservation in South Africa |url=https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p328171/html/ch04.xhtml?referer=&page=12 |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Australian National University |language=en}}</ref>
Jonkersberg lies at the foothills of the [[Outeniqua Mountains]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Trees. |url=http://www.fairviewhomestead.com/1/post/2018/11/trees.html |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Fairview Homestead |language=en}}</ref>
In the [[2011 South African census]] the village's population was 114 people living in 24 households.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Firth |first=Adrian |date=2011 |title=Jonkersberg State Forest |url=https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/176002 |access-date=2024-06-26}}</ref>
==References== <references /> {{Garden Route District Municipality}} [[Category:Populated places in the Mossel Bay Local Municipality]]