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Utrecht, KwaZulu-Natal Founded: 1854 Named after the city in Holland.

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Once located in the former Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR - Transvaal Republic). Part of the territories occupied by the British in the Anglo Boer War and ceded to the Natal Colony in 1902 Peace of Vereeniging as part of the New Territories. List of references: Burrows, Edmund Hartford . 1988. Overberg Outspan : A chronicle of people and places in the south western districts of the Cape. Swellendam: Privately printed in co-operation with the Swellendam Trust. pp 280 Maeder, GA & Zinn, C. 1917. Ons kerk album van Hollandsche kerken en leeraren. Capetown: Cape Times. pp 212-213 Oberholster, JJ. 1972. The Historical Monuments of South Africa. Cape Town: Rembrandt Van Rijn Foundation for Culture at the request of the National Monuments Council. pp 282 Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1989. Historical Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: Struikhof Publishers. pp 144-145 Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pp 247-248 List of structures: First National Bank: n.d.. Gaol: 1893. Magistrates, Post and Telegraph Office: 1893. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1893. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1857. Old Parsonage Museum: n.d.. Petrus Lafras Uys Memorial: 1881 : 1988. Road Bridge over the Lynspruit: n.d.. St Michael and All Angels: n.d.. Town Hall: 1913.