Named for Jan Willem Janssens
The town is named after General Jan Willem Janssens, the last Batavian governor of the Cape.
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Local stories and oral history.
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6 listedPolice and magistracy in 1876
A police station and magistrate were established in Jansenville in 1876.
A Sundays River town
Jansenville serves the surrounding farms and is part of Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality.
Laid out on Vergenoegd
Petrus Fourie had a township surveyed on the farm Vergenoegd. It was proclaimed in 1855.
Vergenoegd before Jansenville
The site was surveyed as Vergenoegd in 1814, decades before the town was laid out.
Jansenville in the world wars
Residents of Jansenville served in both world wars, with local memorials recording their losses.