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Creighton, KwaZulu-Natal

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Template:Infobox South African town 2011 Creighton is a settlement in Sisonke District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Village 35 km northwest of Ixopo. Laid out in 1865, it has been administered by a Health Committee since 1947. It was named after Lady McCullum (née Creighton), wife of Sir Henry McCullum, Governor of Natal from 1901 to 1907.[1] The first murder to take place here on record was that of Richard Butcher in 2008.

References

  1. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 125.