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On 16 January 1857 the Division of Tulbagh was subdivided into six districts for Divisional Council purposes (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette No 2790, 20 January 1857, Proclamation dated 16 January 1857). The first meeting of the council was held on 25 May 1857 (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette No 2828 dated 24 April 1857, Notice dated 15 April 1857).

On 1 January 1980 the Divisional Council of Tulbagh was reconstituted together with the Divisional Council of Ceres to form the amalgamated Divisional Council of Witzenberg (Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 4061 dated 20 July 1979, Proclamation No 174 dated 18 July 1979).

The Municipality of Tulbagh was constituted on 27 August 1861 in terms of Proclamation No 61, 1861 under provision of Ordinance No 9, 1836 (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette No 3285, 3 September 1861).

The lacunae in the archives up to 1969 resulted from the earthquake which occurred in Tulbagh during that year (Cape Archives File 12/4/2 Tulbagh Vol 1).

In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Tulbagh Municipality together with the Municipality of Ceres, Matroosberg Transitional Representative Council, Municipality of Prince Alfred’s Hamlet, Witzenberg Transitional Representative Council and Municipality of Wolseley was disestablished and the Witzenberg Local Municipality established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5590, 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 487, 22 September 2000). The Witzenberg Local Municipality forms part of the larger Cape Winelands District Municipality.