Marshalltown | |
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 Marshalltown as seen from the top of theCarlton Centre. TheM1 andM2 are behind the large buildings and form the boundary between Marshall town and the southern suburbs. | |
  Marshalltown  Marshalltown | |
| Coordinates:26°12′31″S28°2′46″E / 26.20861°S 28.04611°E /-26.20861; 28.04611 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| • Councillor | (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.65 km2 (0.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 4,512 |
| • Density | 6,900/km2 (18,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 96.6% |
| • Coloured | 1.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.8% |
| • White | 0.7% |
| • Other | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 31.2% |
| • English | 12.9% |
| • Xhosa | 11.9% |
| • Sotho | 7.2% |
| • Other | 36.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2001 |
| PO box | 2107 |
| Website | http://www.sa-venues.com/attractionsga/marshalltown.php |
Marshalltown is asuburb ofJohannesburg,South Africa. It is located in Region F of theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
The area, together withFerreirasdorp was previously home to a large concentration ofEastern European Jewish immigrants. As the community's economic position improved, they mostly migrated to more middle-class Jewish areas such asDoornfontein,Hillbrow andYeoville.[2]
The suburb has its origin as farmland owned by Frederick Bezuidenhout Junior.[3]: 71 This small strip of land on the farmTurffontein, was adjacent to theSouth African Republic-owned land ofRantjeslaagte which was soon to be proclaimed as the township of Johannesburg on 8 November 1886.[3]: 68 The land was purchased by two businessmen,Henry Brown Marshall and his brother-in-law William M'Laren, in September 1886.[3]: 71 The land would eventually be quickly surveyed with 553 stands and one market square which would later be known as Marshall Square.[3]: 71 At the time, the township's name was known as Marshall's Dorp.[3]: 86 By 26 November 1887, the township's boundaries were incorporated into Johannesburg.[3] They would establish abrewery on eight stands in Marshalltown but sold it in 1894. The brewery's logo consisted of three castles and would eventually become part ofSouth African Breweries.[3]: 72
In August 2023 the2023 Johannesburg building fire took place.
In the late nineteenth century, a significant number ofEastern European Jewish immigrants settled in the area and neighbouringFerreirasdorp. The community was mostly impoverished and the Adath Ysroel Orthodox Synagogue was built to meet the spiritual needs of the burgeoning community in the district.[2] It was uncommon for the district's Jewish residents to work as miners, but most provided goods and services to the nearby mines.[2] The district was also a point of interaction between the impoverished Jewish immigrants and the poverty-stricken black mine-workers.[2]
The economic situation of much of the Jewish residents improved, as they became shopkeepers and artisans. This allowed these residents to leave the poor conditions of the district and migrate to middle-class Jewish areas such asDoornfontein,Hillbrow andYeoville.[2]
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