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Middelburg, Mpumalanga Founded: 1866 Named for being halfway between Pretoria and Lydenburg.

Originally called Nazareth the name changed to Middelburg in 1874. List of references: Maeder, GA & Zinn, C. 1917. Ons kerk album van Hollandsche kerken en leeraren. Capetown: Cape Times. pp 218-220 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 329-330 Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1989. Historical Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: Struikhof Publishers. pp 181 Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pp 254-255 List of structures: Albert Herbst Kinderhuis: 1987. Anglo-Boer War Memorial: 1938. Gereformeerde Kerk: 1948. High school hostels, proposed: 1930. Highveld House: 2023. Hospital: 1937. Land Bank: 1970s?. Magistrate's Court: 1908. Municipal Offices: 1940. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1977. Kanonkop, Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Suid: 1955. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Witkerk: 1890. Nederduitse Hervormde Kerk: 1963. Nkangala District Municipality: n.d.. NZASM Eastern Line Railway Station: 1896. NZASM Eastern Line Railway Station (Pan): 1892-1896. NZASM Eastern Line Railway Station, Brugspruit (now Clewer): 1894. NZASM Eastern Line Staff Row Housing: c1896. Standard Bank: n.d.. Volkskas Bank: 1950s?. Voortrekker Monument: 1939. ZAR Road Bridge over the Klein Olifants River (Meijer Bridge): 1897.