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Welcome to Johnsonville ...

Johnsonville is located in Sunflower County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Johnsonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Johnsonville is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Johnsonville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Johnsonville: 662 & 471<3>

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), Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, 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.

  • Indianola
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Leland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Leland is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,659 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leland <4>
  • Moorhead
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
  • Belzoni
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Itta Bena
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Shaw
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Shaw is located in Bolivar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
  • Sunflower
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Sunflower is located in Sunflower County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
  • Inverness
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Inverness is located in Sunflower County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 852 people
  • Isola
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Isola is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
  • Arcola
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Arcola is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people

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 the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section 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.<5>

From that list, the Johnsonville post office opened in 1871. The Johnsonville post office closed in 1889.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Johnsonville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Sunflower, 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>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Johnsonville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Johnsonville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/