Kammala wannan jumla: An kafa shi a 1849, Whittlesea ya kasance a matsayin sansanin soja da aka kafa don kare fararen mazauna a lokacin
Yakin Yakin Yakin 1850 <unk> 1853. An ambaci garin ne bayan Whittlesea a Cambridgeshire, wurin haifuwa na Sir Harry Smith (1787-1860), Gwamnan Cape Colony daga 1847 zuwa 1852. Wani jami'in Burtaniya ya karfafa gidaje biyar a lokacin Yaƙin Mlanjeni (1850 zuwa 1853), lokacin da Xhosas suka kewaye ƙauyen. Daya daga cikin wadannan, wanda yanzu ya zama wani ɓangare na Ofishin Jakadancin, har yanzu yana tsaye. Tsakanin 1948-1994, a lokacin mulkin wariyar launin fata a Afirka ta Kudu, Whittlesea na tsohon Ciskei ne, bantustan / mahaifar da aka kafa a 1961 a karkashin Dokar Inganta Gwamnatin Kai na 1959. Har zuwa 1994, babu wata ƙungiya ta siyasa a Whittlesea. Ma'aikatar Harkokin Cikin Gida ta sauƙaƙe yanke shawara game da amfani da ƙasa, ayyuka da ƙimar a cikin garuruwan ta hanyar manajan gari. Bayan zaɓen dimokiradiyya na farko na Afirka ta Kudu, wani majalisa ne ke mulkin Whittlesea. A zamanin yau garin yana ƙarƙashin karamar hukumar Enoch Mgijima wanda ya ƙunshi yankuna kamar Tarkastad & Queenstown