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The NG congregation of Graaff-Reinet, the oldest in the Eastern Cape, considered a request to form a new congregation in this area. Like many Cape Colony towns, Aberdeen began as a church town, not as a mining camp or railway siding. Source: NG Gemeente Aberdeen — Gemeentegeskiedenisargief; Wikipedia (Aberdeen, South Africa) https://www.gemeentegeskiedenis.co.za/ng-gemeente-aberdeen/