Albertskroon,_Gauteng

Albertskroon

Albertskroon

Place in Gauteng, South Africa


Albertskroon is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 4.

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History

The suburb is named after the previous landowner and descendants of Hendrick Abraham Alberts.[2] The word Kroon in its name refers to a crown of a hill.[2] The land is situated on the portion of an old Witwatersrand farm called Waterval around 1896.[2]


References

  1. "Sub Place Albertskroon". 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.

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