[1] The village of Jacobkondre was founded in the 1860s by Jacob Tooti.

[2] The original village was deserted around 1910, and a new settlement was built nearby.

[1] In 2014, a police station was opened in Nieuw Jacobkondre, because of increased crime at the nearby gold mines and the garimpero (illegal gold miner) village of Villa Brazil.

[4] Nieuw Jacobkondre can be reached via an unpaved road which connects to the Southern East-West Link and from there to the rest of the country.

[5] The Njoeng Jacob Kondre Airstrip also serves Nieuw Jacobkondre.