Springfield, Gauteng

Springfield
Springfield
	Springfield Springfield
	Coordinates: 26°13′41″S 28°02′56″E / 26.228°S 28.049°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1906
Area
• Total	0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	31
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	83.9%
• White	16.1%
First languages (2011)
• Zulu	61.3%
• English	16.1%
• Swazi	6.5%
• Tsonga	6.5%
• Other	9.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2190
PO box	2137

Springfield is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a small industrial suburb located south of the Johannesburg CBD, close to La Rochelle. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Turffontein.^[2] Springfield became a suburb in 1906.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sub Place Springfield". 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.

[census2011-1] "Sub Place Springfield". Census 2011.

[Dict01-2] 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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