| Jeppestown | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -26.2042°N 28.0728°W |
| 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 |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.83 |
| Population Total: | 14795 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 89.3% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 3.6% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 2.0% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 4.1% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 1.0% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 55.8% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | English |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 13.2% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Xhosa |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 5.0% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 3.4% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 22.6% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 2094 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 2043 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Jeppestown is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Jeppestown was established in or after 1886 by, who formed the Ford and Jeppe Estate Company with his son, who was also called, and L.P. Ford.[2] In 1893, the Masonic temple was completed.[3] In 1894, Jeppestown was described as consisting of "421 buildings, two churches, a Masonic temple, St Mary's Collegiate for Girls and a library". In 1896, the suburb had 5,647 inhabitants. St Michael's School for Boys, which has since been renamed Jeppe High School for Boys, was established in 1890, and the piece of open land called Julius Jeppe Oval was converted to a park in approximately the same year. The eastern part of Jeppestown came to be known as Belgravia.[2]
The "Jeppestown Tragedy" was a shootout that took place between police and armed robbers on 25 June 2006. Four policemen and eight robbers were killed before the remaining 15 gang members surrendered.[4]