Welcome to Johnson ...

So far, we found very little information about Johnson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Johnson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Johnson, please Contact Us.

Johnson would have been located within present day Jones County<2>.

The location of Johnson has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Johnson, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1853.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Johnson is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Johnson was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Johnson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 61 communities that are also named Johnson - they are located in Alabama (4), Arizona, Arkansas (2), British Columbia (2), Colorado, Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia (3), Idaho, Indiana (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana (3), Michigan (4), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico (2), New York (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Oregon, Tennessee, Texas (3), Utah (2), Vermont, Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia (3) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Johnson.

Communities near Johnson ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Johnson.

• Maquoketa
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maquoketa
  • Maquoketa is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,924 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maquoketa <5>
• Anamosa
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anamosa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anamosa
  • Anamosa is located in Jones County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,545 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anamosa <5>
• Monticello
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
  • Monticello is located in Jones County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,873 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monticello <5>
• Cascade
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
  • Cascade is located in Dubuque County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,350 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cascade <5>
• Clarence
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
  • Clarence is located in Cedar County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 965 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarence <5>
• Olin
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
  • Olin is located in Jones County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 683 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olin <5>
• Stanwood
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanwood
  • Stanwood is located in Cedar County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanwood <5>
• Hopkinton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
  • Hopkinton is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 609 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopkinton <5>
• Wyoming
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyoming have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
  • Wyoming is located in Jones County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyoming <5>
• Oxford Junction
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
  • Oxford Junction is located in Jones County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Johnson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Johnson.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Johnson. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Johnson.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Johnson. See our Newspapers Page for Johnson.

Adding Johnson to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Johnson in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Johnson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Johnson post office opened in 1853.

We also found Johnson in the book titled Iowa State Gazetteer (1865).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Johnson.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Jones County: www.co.jones.ia.us/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/