Selby, Johannesburg

Selby is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

Selby
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Coordinates: 26.217°S 28.031°E / -26.217; 28.031
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1928
Area [1]
• Total	3.69 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	3,323
• Density	900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	96.8%
• Coloured	1.5%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	0.9%
• Other	0.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	31.0%
• Xhosa	10.2%
• English	8.5%
• Southern Ndebele	6.7%
• Other	43.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2001

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] The area was originally mining land on which two mine's, Village Main and Ferreira Gold, were established.^[2] It was established as a suburb in 1928 and is named after mine manager Paul Selby of Ferreira Deep.^[2]

References

1. "Sub Place Selby". Census 2011.
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.