Welcome to Johnstown ...So far, we found very little information about Johnstown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Johnstown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Johnstown, please Contact Us. Johnstown would have been located within present day Cascade County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Johnstown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. When the people of Johnstown referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Johnstowner<3> While the community is gone, the present day location for Johnstown is 3,320 feet [1,012 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Johnstown is about ¾ mile [or 1 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Johnstown was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Johnstown was located: 406 Communities Also Named Johnstown ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Johnstown - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California, Colorado (2), Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Maryland, Michigan, Missouri (3), Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), West Virginia (3), Wisconsin and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Johnstown. Communities near Johnstown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Johnstown.
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 Johnstown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Johnstown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Johnstown. 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 Johnstown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Johnstown. See our Newspapers Page for Johnstown. Adding Johnstown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Johnstown 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 Johnstown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Johnstown. Footnotes ...
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