Do you know of Johnson ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Johnson. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Johnson.<1>
We found mention of Johnson as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1872 and closed in 1873.
Communities Also Named Johnson ...
We found 59 communities that share the name Johnson.
There are two communities within Kansas that are also named Johnson.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 57 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 57 communities, 57 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Crawford County
- Stanton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Johnson [Stanton County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Crenshaw County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Johnson [Crenshaw County].
- Cullman County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Johnson [Cullman County].
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Johnson [Madison County].
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Johnson [Marshall County].
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Johnson [Cochise County].
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- Colorado
- Weld County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Johnson [Weld County].
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Johnson [Sussex County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Dooly County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Johnson [Dooly County].
- Emanuel County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Johnson [Emanuel County].
- Hall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Johnson [Hall County].
- Idaho
- Clearwater County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Johnson [Clearwater County].
- Indiana
- Gibson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Johnson [Gibson County].
- Randolph County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Johnson [Randolph County].
- Iowa
- Jones County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Johnson [Jones County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Johnson [Calcasieu Parish].
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Johnson [Saint John the Baptist Parish].
- Saint Mary Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Johnson [Saint Mary Parish].
- Michigan
- Antrim County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Johnson [Antrim County].
- Huron County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Johnson [Huron County].
- Jackson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Johnson [Jackson County].
- Mackinac County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Johnson [Mackinac County].
- Minnesota
- Becker County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Johnson [Becker County].
- Big Stone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Johnson [Big Stone County].
- Mississippi
- Jones County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Johnson [Jones County].
- Montana
- Silver Bow County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Johnson [Silver Bow County].
- Nebraska
- Nemaha County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Johnson [Nemaha County].
- New Mexico
- New York
- Cattaraugus County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Johnson [Cattaraugus County].
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Johnson [Orange County].
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Stutsman County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Johnson [Stutsman County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pottawatomie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Johnson [Pottawatomie County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Johnson.
- Oregon
- Coos County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Johnson [Coos County].
- Tennessee
- Roane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Johnson [Roane County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Lamoille County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Johnson [Lamoille County].
- Virginia
- Buckingham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Johnson [Buckingham County].
- Scott County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Johnson [Scott County].
- Washington
- Whitman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Johnson [Whitman County].
- West Virginia
- Barbour County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Johnson [Barbour County].
- Cabell County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Johnson [Cabell County].
- Hampshire County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Johnson [Hampshire County].
- Wisconsin
- Marathon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Johnson [Marathon County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Johnson ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Johnson:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
More Orphans in Pottawatomie County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Pottawatomie County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Johnson could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |