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Welcome to Johnsonville ...

Johnsonville is located in Warren County<1>.

Johnsonville was established in 1874.

Johnsonville is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Johnsonville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Johnsonville (for example, toward Royal (IL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Johnsonville: 765

Communities Also Named Johnsonville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Johnsonville - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Johnsonville ...

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

  • Danville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Danville is located in Vermilion County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,106 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danville <3>
  • Hoopeston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Hoopeston is located in Vermilion County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopeston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoopeston <3>
  • Attica
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Georgetown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Westville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Westville is located in Vermilion County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,913 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westville <3>
  • Tilton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Tilton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,655 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilton <3>
  • Covington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Veedersburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Catlin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Catlin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,899 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Catlin <3>
  • Williamsport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

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 Johnsonville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Johnsonville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Johnsonville. 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 Johnsonville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Johnsonville ...

Looking for more information about Johnsonville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Johnsonville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Johnsonville.

Adding Johnsonville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Johnsonville 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 Johnsonville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Johnsonville post office opened in 1875. The Johnsonville post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Johnsonville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Warren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Johnsonville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/