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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Johnsons Corner (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Johnsons Corner. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Johnsons Corner ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Johnsons Corner: Johnsons Cor. (or less commonly used: Johnsons Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Johnsons Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Johnsons Corner may originally have been Johnson's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Johnsons Corner might be written as Johnson Corner.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Johnsons Corner is located in Mesa County.

To see how the shape of Colorado's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mesa County: Delta, Garfield, Gunnison, Montrose, Pitkin & Grand (UT).

Below are the counties that are near Johnsons Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Johnsons Corner:

  • Mesa County     (The home county of Johnsons Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Johnsons Corner, with the one closest to Johnsons Corner listed first.
    • Fruitvale
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitvale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
      • Fruitvale is located in Mesa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitvale <3>
    • Clifton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Clifton is located in Mesa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton <3>
    • Grand Junction
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Orchard Mesa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Mesa
      • Orchard Mesa is located in Mesa County
    • Palisade
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palisade have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisade
      • Palisade is located in Mesa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,797 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palisade <3>
    • Whitewater
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitewater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
      • Whitewater is located in Mesa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitewater <3>
    • Redlands
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redlands have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redlands
      • Redlands is located in Mesa County
    • Cameo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameo
      • Cameo is located in Mesa County
    • Fruita
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruita have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruita
      • Fruita is located in Mesa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,295 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruita <3>
    • Glade Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glade Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Park
      • Glade Park is located in Mesa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glade Park <3>
    • Loma
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
      • Loma is located in Mesa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loma <3>
    • Mesa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Johnsons Corner, with the one closest to Johnsons Corner listed first.
    • Dominguez
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dominguez have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominguez
      • Dominguez is located in Delta County
    • Grand Mesa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Mesa
      • Grand Mesa is located in Delta County
    • Keyhole
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keyhole have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyhole
      • Keyhole is located in Delta County
    • Roubideau
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roubideau have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roubideau
      • Roubideau is located in Delta County
  • Garfield County
    • Una
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Una have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Una
      • Una is located in Garfield County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Johnsons Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Johnsons Corner.

Newspapers Published in Johnsons Corner ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Johnsons Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Johnsons Corner, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Johnsons Corner.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Johnsons Corner:

Cemeteries Near Johnsons Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Johnsons Corner.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Johnsons Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Johnsons Corner, with the one closest to Johnsons Corner listed first.

  • Memorial Gardens of the Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Gardens of the Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Gardens of the Valley
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
  • IOOF & Masonic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF & Masonic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF & Masonic Cemetery
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
  • Crown Point Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crown Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crown Point Cemetery
  • Whitewater Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitewater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitewater Cemetery
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Glade Park Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mesa Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • De Beque Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Eagalite Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eagalite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eagalite Cemetery

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>

While we didn't find Johnsons Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Johnsons Corner.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Johnsons Corner, with the one closest to Johnsons Corner listed first.

  • Clifton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Clifton is located in Mesa County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton <3>
  • Grand Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Whitewater
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitewater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
    • Whitewater is located in Mesa County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitewater <3>
  • Cameo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameo
    • Cameo is located in Mesa County
  • Fruita
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruita have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruita
    • Fruita is located in Mesa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,295 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruita <3>
  • Mesa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Dominguez
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dominguez have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominguez
    • Dominguez is located in Delta County
  • De Beque
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Escalante
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Escalante have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante
    • Escalante is located in Delta County
  • Una
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Una have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Una
    • Una is located in Garfield County
  • Utaline
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Utaline have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utaline
    • Utaline is located in Mesa County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Johnsons Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Johnsons Corner.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Johnsons Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Mesa County: www.co.mesa.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Johnsons Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Johnsons Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0919, Longitude: -108.4968       In this case, the coordinates for Johnsons Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<6>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 Johnsons Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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