The suburb was founded in 1938 on 112ha of land that was survey into 1,163 stands.[2]: 121 It is named after Langlaagte Mine director J.H. Crosby.[2]: 98
crosby, gauteng, crosby, suburb, johannesburg, south, africa, suburb, west, johannesburg, adjacent, mayfair, west, located, region, city, johannesburg, metropolitan, municipality, crosbycrosbyshow, gautengcrosbyshow, south, africacoordinates, 19444, 98917, 194. Crosby is a suburb of Johannesburg South Africa The suburb is west of the Johannesburg CBD and is adjacent to Mayfair West It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality CrosbyCrosbyShow map of GautengCrosbyShow map of South AfricaCoordinates 26 11 40 S 27 59 21 E 26 19444 S 27 98917 E 26 19444 27 98917CountrySouth AfricaProvinceGautengMunicipalityCity of JohannesburgMain PlaceJohannesburgEstablished1938Government CouncillorRicky Nair African National Congress Area 1 Total1 13 km2 0 44 sq mi Population 2011 1 Total6 112 Density5 400 km2 14 000 sq mi Racial makeup 2011 1 Black African20 8 Coloured6 2 Indian Asian58 3 White12 8 Other1 9 First languages 2011 1 English64 0 Afrikaans13 9 Tswana3 7 Zulu3 0 Other15 4 Time zoneUTC 2 SAST Postal code street 2092History editThe suburb was founded in 1938 on 112ha of land that was survey into 1 163 stands 2 121 It is named after Langlaagte Mine director J H Crosby 2 98 References edit a b c d Sub Place Crosby Census 2011 a b Musiker Naomi Musiker Reuben 2000 A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg Cape Town Francolin ISBN 1868590712 nbsp This Johannesburg related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Gauteng location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Crosby Gauteng amp oldid 1133764373, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
