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The Village Management Board of Tylden was established on 1 June 1911 in terms of Proclamation No 126, 1911 under provision of the Villages Management Act, No 1881 (Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 123, 11 July 1911). The Board continued to function until December 1974.

In terms of the provisions of Section 5 of the Municipal Ordinance No 20, 1974 all local authorities in existence prior to the promulgation of the said ordinance, were deemed municipalities. The first meeting of the Tylden Municipal Council was held on 21 January 1975 (volume 3/TDN 1/1/1/1).

The Municipality of Tylden was abolished with effect from 1 June 1976 and the area as defined in Proclamation No 126, 1911 and situated in the Queenstown division was declared a local area in terms of Proclamation No 177, 1976 under provision of the Municipal Ordinance, 1974 and the Divisional Councils Ordinance, 1952 (Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 3890, 28 May 1976).