History of Leeupoort
1865 – The farm, Weihoek, was registered in the name of George Frederik Theodor Pretorius. One of his siblings Thomas Pretorius born 15 March 1898 was buried in the old grave yard near the Bos Pos graveyard.
1920 – Tom du Plessis becomes the new owner of the farm.
1965 – Proclaimed as a private nature reserve.
1968 – The company Leeupoort Mineral Bron was formed.
1979 – Leeupoort Private Game Reserve was established.
1981 – On 20 May Leeupoort Vakansiedorp was officially proclaimed as a town. Stands were sold between R3000 and R5000 per stand.
1987 – About 130 houses has already been build and stands are being sold between R16500 and R30000. The Boeremusiek Monument was build.
1988 – The water reservoir is being build and about 29 kilometer of water pipes is laid.
1994 – Eskom approved electricity supply to Leeupoort.
1996 – Eskom power was supplied to the town for the first time.
2000 – Thabazimbi Municipality takes over the control of Leeupoort.
2005 – Rezoning of Erf 654 which was set out for a hotel into 31 residential stands. This area is known as Leeukruin.
2015 – Portion 16 of Erf 654 is bought by Anita and Richard Friedrichs.
2016 – The design of the Rustgevonden house was done.
2017 – Rustgevonden was build by Philemon from Ramphoholodi Building and by December 2017 the house was completed.
2018 – Rustgevonden opened for bookings.