Fairmount, Gauteng

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Fairmount

| pushpin_map = South Africa Gauteng#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|26|08|41|S|28|5|56|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Gauteng

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = City of Johannesburg

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| subdivision_name4 = Johannesburg

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 23 March 1938; 81 years ago

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/798015037 |title = Sub Place Fairmount |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 0.47

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 1074

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 30.63%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 0.56%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 0.09%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 68.72%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 =

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = English

| demographics2_info1 = 70.2%

| demographics2_title2 = Zulu

| demographics2_info2 = 6.05%

| demographics2_title3 = Afrikaans

| demographics2_info3 = 5.31%

| demographics2_title4 = Sepedi

| demographics2_info4 = 3.91%

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 14.53%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code = 2192

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code =

| area_code_type = Area code

| official_name =

}}

Fairmount is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a small suburb tucked between Glenhazel and Sydenham. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History

Before the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Klipfontein.{{cite book | title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names | publisher=Jonathan Ball Publishers | author1=Raper, Peter E. | author2=Moller, Lucie A. | author3=du Plessis, Theodorus L. | year=2014 | pages=1412 | isbn=9781868425501}} It became a suburb on 23 March 1938, developed by Leslie John Elderkin and the suburb name originates after a visit by the former to the Fairmount Hotel in Livingstone.

References

Category:Johannesburg Region E