Fauresmith is the only town in South Africa, and one of only three in the world, where the railway line runs down the centre of the main road.

After much negotiation (without success) with the British Government, a temporary church was built on the farm "Sannahspoort" – currently Fauresmith.

An interesting condition of sale was that no spirits or other strong liquor may have been sold on any of the plots.

Two years before the founding of the town, the intervention of the British government in the affairs of the Free State led to the military clash between Boer and Briton at the Battle of Boomplaats, about 30 km from the current Fauresmith.

[4] The Fauresmith is found at a number of other archaeological sites such as Wonderwerk Cave and Kathu Pan where it is potentially dated to at least 420,000 years ago.