Klerksdorp | South Africa | Britannica
Klerksdorp, town and principal centre of the Klerksdorparea goldfields, NorthWest province, South lies approximately 80 miles (130 km) southwest of "old town," which was founded in 1837 on the Schoonspruit River near its confluence with the Vaal River, was the first Boer settlement in the, on the eastern bank, lies the "new town," dating ...