Rayton

Coordinates: 25°44′22″S 28°31′44″E / 25.73944°S 28.52889°E / -25.73944; 28.52889
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Rayton
PO box
1001
Area code012
Websitewww.rayton.co.za

Rayton is a town in North-Eastern

Cullinan Diamond Mine
) nearby is what caused the town to boom.

History

The original Rayton Junction was laid out along a spur of the main

NZASM railway line, which was completed in 1895 to connect the Republic of Transvaal's capital, Pretoria to the port in Delagoa Bay, Mozambique
. Officials in the "Montrose Diamond Mining Company" did the town planning and named the hamlet after Lady Rachel Ray Williston, wife of the company's first manager, Colonel Balliston.

The town's first—and at the time the only—brick building was the original magistrate's office, which dates from this early time. During the

Cullinan
and Rayton.

After the war, the Stella Diamond Mining Company bought the land around the town and declared a peri-urban municipality with relatively cheap properties. Rayton's proximity to Pretoria's expanding eastern suburbs allowed steady growth from the 1970s into the latter part of the 20th century. Today, Rayton is a thriving town that serves the need of prison wardens at the nearby

Cullinan diamond mine as well as the surrounding farming community, with the Willem Prinsloo agricultural museum celebrating the area's rich agricultural history on the farm Kleinfontein
. Many settled town residents have found employment in surrounding suburbs of Pretoria.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
20012,964—    
20118,166+175.5%
Source: Statistics South Africa[2]

Racial makeup

Race
2001 Census
2011 Census
Number % Number %
White
2,754 92.91% 4,959 60.73%
Black African
207 6.98% 3,062 37.50%
Coloured
3 0.10% 84 1.03%
Other 0 0 40 0.49%
Indian or Asian
0 0 21 0.26%

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Rayton". Census 2011.
  2. ^ 2001-census (Rayton)

External links

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