Dewetsdorp is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa, 68 km south-east of Bloemfontein.

Eventually recognized officially, the town became a municipality and named De Wet in 1890.

General Christiaan de Wet successfully attacked English forces stationed there in November 1900.

Applications to the Volksraad in 1876 for the establishment of a village failed, but another request in 1879 led to recognition in 1880 under the name Dewetsdorp.

[4][5] The new Town Hall, built in 1928, was declared a South African Heritage Site in 1995.