Turf Club, Gauteng

Turf Club is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a small suburb south of the Johannesburg CBD and located next to the suburb of Turffontein. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

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Coordinates: 26°14′53″S 28°01′55″E / 26.248°S 28.032°E / -26.248; 28.032
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1923
Area ^[1]
• Total	0.19 km^2 (0.07 sq mi)
Population  (2011)^[1]
• Total	1,862
• Density	9,800/km^2 (25,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	74.9%
• Coloured	6.2%
• Indian/Asian	1.7%
• White	15.8%
• Other	1.3%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• English	22.1%
• Zulu	19.9%
• Afrikaans	13.8%
• Xhosa	12.5%
• Other	31.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2190

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] It became a suburb in 1923 and its name originates from the nearby Turffontein Racecourse.^[2]

References

1. "Sub Place Turf Club". 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.