Welcome to Johnson ...

Johnson is located in Marathon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Johnson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Johnson is 1,430 feet [436 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Johnson: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Johnson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 61 communities that are also named Johnson - they are located in Alabama (4), Arizona, Arkansas (2), British Columbia (2), Colorado, Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia (3), Idaho, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana (3), Michigan (4), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico (2), New York (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Oregon, Tennessee, Texas (3), Utah (2), Vermont, Virginia (2), Washington and West Virginia (3).

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

Communities near Johnson ...

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

• Wausau
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Wausau is located in Marathon County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,511 people
• Weston
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Weston is located in Marathon County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,165 people
• Kronenwetter
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Kronenwetter is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronenwetter
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,143 people
• Antigo
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Antigo is located in Langlade County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
• Rothschild
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Rothschild is located in Marathon County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,256 people
• Schofield
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Schofield is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people
• Wittenberg
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
• Birnamwood
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
• Hatley
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hatley is located in Marathon County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
• Mattoon
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Mattoon is located in Shawano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattoon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 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 Johnson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Johnson.

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

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

Adding Johnson to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Johnson 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 Johnson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Johnson post office opened in 1894. The Johnson post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Johnson.