Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Johnson (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Johnson. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Johnson is located in Lamoille County.
To see how the shape of Vermont's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lamoille County: Caledonia, Chittenden, Franklin, Orleans & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Johnson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Johnson:
- Lamoille County (The home county of Johnson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnson, with the one closest to Johnson listed first.
- Johnson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hyde Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Waterville is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
- Cadys Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cadys Falls is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadys Falls
- Hyde Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hyde Park is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,942 people
- Morristown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Morristown is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,549 people
- Cleveland Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland Corners is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Corners
- Morrisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cambridge is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,817 people
- Belvidere
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Belvidere is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Belvidere
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Belvidere is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Belvidere Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belvidere Junction is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere Junction
- Caledonia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnson, with the one closest to Johnson listed first.
- Hardwick
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hardwick is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,839 people
- East Hardwick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Walden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Walden is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Walden
- Stannard
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stannard is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stannard
- Stannard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stannard is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stannard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Walden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Walden is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 944 people
- Wheelock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wheelock is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- Walden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Walden is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Sheffield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sheffield is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
- Sheffield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Danville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wheelock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wheelock is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Chittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnson, with the one closest to Johnson listed first.
- Underhill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Underhill is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,076 people
- Westford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Westford is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,123 people
- Westford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Westford is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Jericho
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jericho is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,006 people
- Bolton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bolton is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Jericho Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jericho
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Essex Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Essex Center is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Center
- Essex
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Essex is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,839 people
- Pages Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pages Corner is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
- Milton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnson, with the one closest to Johnson listed first.
- Bakersfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bakersfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,336 people
- Bakersfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fletcher is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Binghamville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Binghamville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamville
- Egypt ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Fairfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,973 people
- Enosburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Montgomery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
- West Enosburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- West Enosburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Enosburg
- Fairfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fairfax is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,917 people
- Montgomery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grand Isle County
- Grand Isle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Grand Isle is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Isle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
- Orleans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnson, with the one closest to Johnson listed first.
- Craftsbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Craftsbury is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Craftsbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mill Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mill Village is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Albany
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lowell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lowell is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- East Craftsbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- East Craftsbury is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Craftsbury
- Albany Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Albany Center is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Center
- Albany
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Albany is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 904 people
- East Albany
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- East Albany is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Albany
- South Albany
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- South Albany is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Albany
- Westfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Greensboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Greensboro is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnson, with the one closest to Johnson listed first.
- Worcester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Worcester is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
- Waterbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Waterbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,160 people
- Worcester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Woodbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
- Woodbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Corner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Corner
- South Woodbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Woodbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodbury
- Mill Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mill Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Waterbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Calais
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calais is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calais
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,606 people
- Calais
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Calais
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Calais is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Calais
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Johnson, see our County-by-County Page for Johnson.
Cemeteries Near Johnson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Johnson.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Johnson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Johnson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Johnson, with the one closest to Johnson listed first.
- Lamoille View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Whitting Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Plot Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Old Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Clark Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bidwell - French Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Ledge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hooper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Teresa Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jedidia Hyde Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Hyde Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (415 more) ...
- Balch - Town Line Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Page Burial Plot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Cambridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find Johnson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Johnson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Johnson, with the one closest to Johnson listed first.
- Johnson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hyde Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cadys Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cadys Falls is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadys Falls
- Waterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Waterville is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Morristown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Morrisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cambridge Junction is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Junction
- Garfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Garfield is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Eden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belvidere Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Belvidere Center is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere Center
- Belvidere
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Belvidere is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Jeffersonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Eden Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Fletcher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Fletcher is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fletcher
- North Cambridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- North Cambridge is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cambridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Johnson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Johnson.
Newspapers Published in Johnson ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Johnson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Johnson, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Johnson.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Johnson:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Lamoille County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caledonia County
- Chittenden County
- Franklin County
- Grand Isle County
- Orleans County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Johnson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Johnson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |