Evaton is situated north of Sebokeng, close to Vanderbijlpark. It was established in 1904, and was one of the few remaining townships in which residents still enjoyed land tenure or property rights before freehold property rights were formerly restored to African people. Evaton was originally a freehold township, although most owners were forced to sell their properties when government policy opposed freehold ownership in the townships.

Like other townships in the Vaal, Evaton was an important site of mass struggle aimed at lifting the state of emergency and the withdrawal of the army from the townships. The church played a critical role in negotiation with apartheid officials to end the rents boycotts and to address other issues that were of importance to the community, such as detentions without trial.

Evaton was established in land which was originally designed for farming. Today you will still find beautiful old plot homes that were once occupied by the White Afrikaner farmers. Many of these houses are now protected heritage buildings. The main landmark in Evaton is an old church which has an interesting political history, dating back as far as the 1940s and 1950s. In the 1980s it played a critical role in the mobilisation of the people, and was a central point for freedom fighters to meet.