Welcome to Fort Johnson ...

So far, we found very little information about Fort Johnson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fort Johnson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fort Johnson, please Contact Us.

Fort Johnson would have been located within present day Iron County<2>.

We aren't confident of the location of Fort Johnson, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Johnson, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1855.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Johnson: Ft. Johnson

While the community is gone, the present day location for Fort Johnson is 5,470 feet [1,667 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Fort Johnson is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Fort Johnson was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Fort Johnson (for example, toward Colorado City (AZ)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

The location where Fort Johnson once stood is in the (435) area code.

Communities Also Named Fort Johnson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Fort Johnson - they are located in New York and Virginia.

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

Communities near Fort Johnson ...

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

• Cedar City
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
  • Cedar City is located in Iron County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,090 people
  • Former names for Cedar City:
  • Coal Creek
  • Little Muddy
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar City <5>
• Parowan
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parowan
  • Parowan is located in Iron County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,223 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parowan <5>
• Paragonah
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragonah
  • Paragonah is located in Iron County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
  • Former names for Paragonah:
  • Paragoonah
  • Red Creek
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paragonah <5>
• Kanarraville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kanarraville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanarraville
  • Kanarraville is located in Iron County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kanarraville <5>
• Brian Head
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brian Head
  • Brian Head is located in Iron County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brian Head <5>
• Cedar Highlands
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Highlands
  • Cedar Highlands is located in Iron County
• Summit
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
  • Summit is located in Iron County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Summit <5>
• Parowan Adobe Fort ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Parowan Adobe Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parowan Adobe Fort
  • Parowan Adobe Fort is located in Iron County
• Hamiltons Fort
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamiltons Fort
  • Hamiltons Fort is located in Iron County
  • Former names for Hamiltons Fort:
  • Fort Hamblin
  • Fort Sidon
  • Fort Walker
  • Hambleton
  • Hamblin
  • Shirts Creek
  • Sidon
  • Hamiltons Fort has also been known as:
  • Hamilton Fort
  • Hamilton
• Paragonah Fort ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Paragonah Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragonah Fort
  • Paragonah Fort is located in Iron County

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

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

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

Adding Fort Johnson to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Johnson 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 for Fort Johnson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Fort Johnson post office opened in 1855.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Johnson.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Iron County: www.ironnet.org/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/