Towerby
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Coordinates: 26°15′18″S 28°02′46″E / 26.255°S 28.046°E / -26.255; 28.046
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1953
Area [1]
• Total	0.23 km2 (0.09 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	751
• Density	3,300/km2 (8,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	51.7%
• Coloured	10.8%
• Indian/Asian	4.7%
• White	28.8%
• Other	4.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	37.2%
• Afrikaans	14.9%
• Zulu	14.9%
• Sotho	5.2%
• Other	27.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2190

Towerby is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. This small suburb is tucked between Forest Hill and Rosettenville. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Turffontein.^[2] It became a suburb on 18 March 1953 taking its name from a nearby water tower.^[2]