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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Gresswold | |
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Coordinates: 26°07′51″S 28°05′15″E / 26.13083°S 28.08750°E / -26.13083; 28.08750 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1953 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.38 km2 (0.15 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,442 |
• Density | 3,800/km2 (9,800/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 58.4% |
• Coloured | 5.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 9.0% |
• White | 25.5% |
• Other | 1.7% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 46.7% |
• Zulu | 11.3% |
• Tswana | 6.9% |
• Northern Sotho | 5.2% |
• Other | 29.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2090 |
Gresswold is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. A small suburb in northern Johannesburg, it is surrounded by Bramley, Savoy Estate, Kew and Bramley Gardens. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History
The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Syferfontein.[2] It would be proclaimed as suburb on 28 October 1953 and was named after the land owner, H. Dare who owned a hotel called Greswolde in Warwickshire.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Gresswold". Census 2011.
- ^ a b Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
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