Troyeville

Troyeville
Troyeville  Troyeville shown within Gauteng
Location within Greater Johannesburg Troyeville
Coordinates:
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	{{#property:P571}}
Area
• Total	0.61 km2 (0.24 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	4,154
• Density	6,800/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	89.1%
• Coloured	4.1%
• Indian/Asian	2.2%
• White	3.2%
• Other	1.3%
First languages (2011)
• Zulu	28.7%
• English	13.5%
• Xhosa	7.1%
• Sotho	5.3%
• Other	45.4%
Postal code (street)	2094
PO box	2139

Troyeville is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a small suburb found on the eastern edge of the Johannesburg central business district (CBD), with the suburbs of New Doornfontein, Bertrams and Lorentzville to the north, Fairview to the south and Kensington to its east. The main road through the suburb is Abertina Sisulu, has its eastern end in the suburb and connects the CBD to the Johannesburg's eastern suburbs and towns of the East Rand. It is located in Region F.

History

Troyeville was founded as the gold rush happened and people tried to build homes and churches away from the centre of mining. The suburb was founded on one of the original farms on the Witwatersrand, after a strip of land was sold from the farm Doornfontein. The land was purchased by Hollanders, Van Boeschoten and Lorentz. Their land was surveyed by Gustav Arthur Troye and is named after this surveyor. The survey did not take into count the contours of the land and hence there are steep slopes in the suburb. The street names all have Netherlands origins. During 1895, the plots of land were being sold for an average price of £30. Mohandas Gandhi lived in Troyeville from a period between 1904 and 1906, with the house still in existence at 11 Albermarle Street.

The oldest Baptist church in South Africa is in Troyeville dating from 1897 when it was started by missionaries. An anti-apartheid activist David Webster lived on Eleanor Street at what is now called the David Webster House. The front of the house is decorated to celebrate his life and his murder for his beliefs.