Founded in 1830 on an abandoned station of the London Missionary Society, and initially named Toverberg after a nearby hill, it was renamed Colesberg after Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, then Governor of the Cape Colony.
It was founded in 1830 on an abandoned station of the London Missionary Society. It was named Toverberg after a nearby hill. It was renamed Colesberg after Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole Governor of the Cape Colony. This was then.