Jeppestown

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

Jeppestown
Suburb
Dutch Reformed Church in Jeppestown
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Coordinates: 26°12′15″S 28°4′22″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Area [1]
• Total	1.83 km2 (0.71 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	14,795
• Density	8,100/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	89.3%
• Coloured	3.6%
• Indian/Asian	2.0%
• White	4.1%
• Other	1.0%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	55.8%
• English	13.2%
• Xhosa	5.0%
• Afrikaans	3.4%
• Other	22.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2094
PO box	2043

History

Jeppestown, 1888

Jeppestown was established in or after 1886 by C.E.G. Julius Jeppe [af], who formed the Ford and Jeppe Estate Company with his son, who was also called Julius Jeppe [af], and L.P. Ford.^[2] In 1893, the Masonic temple was completed.^[3] In 1894, Jeppestown was described as consisting of "421 buildings, two churches, a Masonic temple, St Mary's Collegiate for Girls and a library". In 1896, the suburb had 5,647 inhabitants. St Michael's School for Boys, which has since been renamed Jeppe High School for Boys, was established in 1890, and the piece of open land called Julius Jeppe Oval was converted to a park in approximately the same year. The eastern part of Jeppestown came to be known as Belgravia.^[2]

The "Jeppestown Tragedy" was a shootout that took place between police and armed robbers on 25 June 2006. Four policemen and eight robbers were killed before the remaining 15 gang members surrendered.^[4]