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>.

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 1900.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Johnson is 4,970 feet [1,515 m] above sea level.<4> 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 location where Johnson once stood is in the (520) area code.

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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
  • Benson is located in Cochise County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,890 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benson <5>
• Willcox
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willcox
  • Willcox is located in Cochise County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willcox <5>
• Dragoon
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dragoon
  • Dragoon is located in Cochise County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dragoon <5>
• Cochise
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochise
  • Cochise is located in Cochise County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cochise <5>
• Pomerene
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomerene
  • Pomerene is located in Cochise County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pomerene <5>
• Saint David
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint David
  • Saint David is located in Cochise County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint David <5>
• Pearce
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearce have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
  • Pearce is located in Cochise County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearce <5>
• Whetstone
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whetstone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
  • Whetstone is located in Cochise County
• Mescal
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mescal
  • Mescal is located in Cochise County
• Contention City ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Contention City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contention City
  • Contention City is located in Cochise County
  • 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 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 1900.

We also found Johnson on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Arizona and New Mexico (1925).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Johnson.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Cochise County: www.cochise.az.gov/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/