In April 1946 gold was struck on the farm Geduld near the town.
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It started out in 1912 as a ramshackle collection of farms and a central church that became a town.
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Odendaalsrus celebrated its 100th year anniversary in 2012, it is a town located on the Goldfields close to a couple of mines, and a large Harcos farm producing chickens and eggs.