Village some 8 km South of Graaff-Reinet, in the Sundays River Valley. Named after the former owner of the Farm, NJ Adendorff, who sub-divided it into smallholdings in about 1858. Municipal status was attained in 1878.
Place record
Adendorp, Eastern Cape
- Coordinates
- 24.5180, -32.3090
- Updated
- 21 Apr 2020

A view from, an Adendorp property of the Eastern Cape
Location Map
Adendorp, Eastern Cape
How we know this
- 01New Dictionary of South African Names by Peter E Raper. Census 2011
Last updated · 21 Apr 2020
South African History Online. (2016, September 15). Adendorp, Eastern Cape. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/P-0121855
South African History Online (2016) 'Adendorp, Eastern Cape', South African History Online, 15 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/P-0121855 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Adendorp, Eastern Cape [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/P-0121855, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"Adendorp, Eastern Cape." South African History Online, 15 Sept. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/P-0121855. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Adendorp, Eastern Cape." South African History Online. September 15, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/P-0121855.
Further reading
Graaff-Reinet Division
Sundays River, Mouth and Beach
Nieu-Bethesda
Dwarsvlei Farm, Karoo
Apartheid's Sporting Afterlife by Clark Easey
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