Paterson, South Africa

Coordinates: 33°26′22″S 25°58′07″E / 33.4394°S 25.9685°E

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Paterson
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Coordinates: 33°26′22″S 25°58′07″E / 33.4394°S 25.9685°E / -33.4394; 25.9685
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Sarah Baartman
Municipality	Sundays River Valley
Area ^[1]
• Total	4.3 km² (1.7 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	5,582
• Density	1,300/km² (3,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	77.0%
• Coloured	20.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	1.5%
• Other	0.8%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• Xhosa	66.7%
• Afrikaans	23.2%
• English	5.9%
• Sign language	1.8%
• Other	2.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	6130
PO box	6130
Area code	042

Paterson is a settlement in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town is located some 80 kilometres (50 miles) north-west of Alexandria and 21 kilometres (13 miles) north of Nanaga on the N10 National Route.^[2]

Paterson village

The village was laid out in 1879 at Sand Flats railway station, which had been reached by the Midland System of the Cape Government Railways on 1 April 1876.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The new town was named after John Paterson (1822–1880), member of Parliament and founder of the Eastern Province Herald and of the Grey Institute for Boys, who established the town.^[2]^[5]

Railway station

The first Paterson to become a railwayman was James, who joined the Cape Government Railways as a clerk at Port Elizabeth in 1882. After rising to many senior posts in the Operating department, South African Railways General Manager Sir William Hoy appointed him in June 1913 as Divisional Superintendent at Kimberley, where he retired in 1920.^[5]

Four generations and 180 cumulative years of Paterson railway service later, the fourth generation (and sixth member) of the Paterson family joined what was by then SA Transport Services in Johannesburg. During 1962, Sandflats railway station was eventually also named "Paterson".^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sum of the Main Places Paterson and KwaZenzele Census 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 359.
^ Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 181, ref. no. 200954-13
^ Soul of A Railway - System 3 – Part 9: The Midland Main Line - Part 1: Port Elizabeth to Paterson - Caption 10 (Accessed on 5 February 2017)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Soul of A Railway - System 3 – Part 10: The Midland Main Line - Part 2: Paterson to Alicedale - Caption 2 (Accessed on 15 February 2017)

v t e Municipalities and communities of Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape
District seat: Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha)
Blue Crane Route	Cookhouse Kommadagga Middleton Pearston Petersburg Somerset East	Sarah Baartman District within South Africa
Dr Beyers Naudé	Aberdeen Adendorp Graaff-Reinet Jansenville Klipplaat Kendrew Nieu-Bethesda Rietbron Steytlerville Willowmore
Kouga	Aston Bay Cape St. Francis Hankey Humansdorp Jeffreys Bay Kruisfontein Loerie Oyster Bay Paradise Beach Patensie St Francis Bay Thornhill
Kou-Kamma	Clarkson Coldstream Joubertina Kareedouw Krakeel River Louterwater Misgund Stormsrivier Thornham Tweeriviere
Makana	Alicedale Grahamstown (Makhanda) Riebeek East Salem
Ndlambe	Alexandria Bathurst Boesmansriviermond Boknesstrand Cannon Rocks Cuylerville Kasouga Kenton-on-Sea Port Alfred Seafield Southwell Trappe's Valley
Sunday's River Valley	Addo Coerney Enon Kirkwood Paterson

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