Clarkson, South Africa

Clarkson
Clarkson is located in Eastern Cape
Clarkson
Clarkson
Clarkson is located in South Africa
Clarkson
Clarkson
Coordinates: 34°00′36″S 24°20′28″E / 34.010°S 24.341°E / -34.010; 24.341
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictSarah Baartman
MunicipalityKou-Kamma
Area
 • Total2.27 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total1,824
 • Density800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African40.3%
 • Coloured58.4%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.2%
 • Other1.0%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans63.3%
 • Xhosa33.3%
 • Sotho1.4%
 • English1.2%
 • Other0.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
6302
Area code042

Clarkson is a town in Kou-Kamma Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Moravian Mission village in the former Humansdorp district, 26 km south-east of Assegaaibos station and 60 km west of Humansdorp. A mission station was established by Bishop Hans Peter Hallbeck in 1839 and named after Thomas Clarkson who helped abolish the slave-trade.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Clarkson". Census 2011.
  2. ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 118. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Clarkson, Eastern Cape | South African History Online".