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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 Cochise County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Johnson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Johnson is 4,970 feet [1,515 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Johnson is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Johnson was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

The Area Code where Johnson was located: 520

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), Arkansas (2), British Columbia (2), Colorado, Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia (3), Idaho, Indiana (2), Iowa, 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.

  • Benson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Willcox
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Dragoon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Cochise
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pomerene
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint David
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pearce
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Whetstone
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Whetstone is located in Cochise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
  • Mescal
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Mescal is located in Cochise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mescal
  • Contention City ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Contention City is located in Cochise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contention City
    • Contention City has also been known as:
    • Contention

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 both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Johnson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Johnson post office opened in 1900. The Johnson post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Johnson.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Johnson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Cochise, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Johnson - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/