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The area now known as Carolina was once a popular outspan and stopover for transport riders. It got even more popular when gold was discovered in what later would become Barberton. Traffic soon increased to an extent that merited establishing a trading and staging post.
The exact origins of the town is unclear. According to the Transvaal government gazette, the town was laid out on the farms Groenvlei and Goedehoop but according to other sources Mr. C.J. Coetzee donated part of his farm, Steyndraai on condition that the town be named after his wife.
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| References and Resources |
 | Discovering Southern Africa: 6th Edition
T.V. Bulpin
Discovering Southern Africa is regarded as the standard travel guide to Africa south of the Zambezi river, one of the greatest guide books published anywhere in the world, readable, informative, diverting and crammed with interesting comments. |
|  | On Route in South Africa: A Region by Region Guide to South Africa
B.P.J. Erasmus
On Route in South Africa is an invaluable guide and companion to travel in this country. The book tours the length and breadth of South Africa, recounting the stories and legends, both amusing and tragic, of every hamlet, village, town and city. ' |
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