Paul Roux is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa that produces poplar wood for the safety match industry.

It was named after a well-known Dutch Reformed Church leader and Boer general, Reverend Paul Hendrik Roux (1862–1911).

The stone was thrown into the air and the village was to be named according to whichever initials appeared facing upwards when it landed.

Various homesteads were then erected but there was no official church and services would be held on the banks of the Sand River under the shade of willow trees.

At some point, church services were held on the veranda of the National Bank building – which is now a private dwelling.

[4] There is a two-day walking trail which traverses a variety of terrains including mountain tops, sandstone cliffs, kloofs and valleys.