Loxton is a town in the Karoo region of South Africa's Northern Cape province.

The farm was bought from him in 1899 by the Dutch Reformed Church for £7,500[6][5][7] so as to establish a parish for local farmers.

[6] Tree-lined streets and flood irrigation channels that run alongside the town's main roads were completed in the same year.

[5] The town became a municipality in 1905 as it developed to serve the region's sheep-farming community.

[8] The oldest building in the town is a redundant power station, which was originally a horse stable on what was then the Phizantefontein farm.