Coerney, Port Elizabeth

A Wild Guinea Fowl

Coordinates: -33.4500, 25.7200
Updated: 28 Sep 2020

Coerney is a River and Railway station 64 km North of Port Elizabeth, on the route to Rosmead, situated in the Sundays River Valley in Sarah Bartman District Municipality and is nearby the Addo Elephant National! Recorded as early as 1752 in the journal of A F Beutler. The name is derived from Khoekhoen and means 'narrow forest'. Formerly also known as 'Hoender Kraal', from Dutch, 'guinea-fowl'

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Last updated · 28 Sep 2020

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Coerney, Port Elizabeth. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0013814

South African History Online (2011) 'Coerney, Port Elizabeth', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0013814 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).

South African History Online, Coerney, Port Elizabeth [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0013814, (accessed 21 July 2026).

"Coerney, Port Elizabeth." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0013814. Accessed 21 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Coerney, Port Elizabeth." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0013814.