The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Turffontein.[2] Established on the old slime dumps of the Ferreira Gold Mine, it became a suburb in May 1955.[2] It was named after Central Park, New York, at one time was also waste ground.[2] Prior to its reclamation in 2009, the main mine dump was the location of the old Top Star Drive-In.[3]
^ abcRaper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN9781868425501.