Felixton
# Felixton

Felixton is a town in King Cetshwayo District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Village 10 km south-east of Empangeni, first settled in 1907. Said to have been named either after Viscount Herbert John Gladstone, nicknamed Felix, or after a local pioneer, Felix Piccione. The local sugar mill is one of the largest in country.

## Sources

* Erasmus, B.P.J.: Op Pad in Suid-Afrika. 1995. ISBN 1-86842-026-4
* Rosenthal, Eric: 'Ensiklopedie van Suidelike Afrika. 1967
