170 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Johnson; counties in Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, and Nebraska, named for Richard 
Johnson, vice-president of the United States. 
Johnson; county in Iowa, named for Andrew Johnson. 
Johnson; county in Kansas, named for Rev. Thomas Johnson, missionary to the 
Shawnees. 
Johnson; city in Stanton County, Kansas, named for Col. Alexander S. Johnson, of 
Topeka. 
Johnson; village in Nemaha County, Nebraska, named for Julius A. Johnson, large 
landowner. 
Johnson; county in Tennessee, named for Samuel Johnson. 
Johnson; county in Texas, named for M. G. Johnson, a member of the Texas 
congress. 
Johnson; town in Lamoille County, Vermont, named for the proprietor, William S. 
Johnson. 
Johnson; county in Wyoming, named for E. P. Johnson, a member of the legisla- 
ture at the time of the organization of the county. 
Johnson City; town in Washington County, Tennessee, named for an early settler. 
Johnsons; creek in New York, named for Sir William Johnson, who encamped on 
its banks when on his way to Fort Niagara. 
Johnsonville ; town in Humphreys County, Tennessee, named for Andrew Johnson. 
Johnston; town in Rhode Island, named for Augustus J. Johnston, attorney-general 
of the colony. 
Johnston; pass in Utah, named for Gen. A. S. Johnston. 
Johnstons; county in North Carolina, named for Gabriel Johnston, governor. 
Johnstown; city in Fulton County, New York, named for its founder, Sir William 
Johnson. 
Johnstown; city, and borough in Cambria County, in Pennsylvania, named for an 
early settler, Joseph Jahns or Yahns. 
Joliet; township and city in Will County, Illinois, first called Juliet, for Juliet 
Campbell, daughter of the founder. By an act of the Illinois General Assem- 
bly the name was changed to Joliet, the name of the explorer. 
Jones; county in Georgia, named for James Jones, member of Congress from that 
State. 
Jones; county in Iowa, named for George W. Jones, United States Senator from 
that State. 
Jones; county in Mississippi, named for Commodore John Paul Jones. 
Jones; county in North Carolina, named for William Jones, a North Carolina 
statesman. 
Jones; county in Texas, named for Anson Jones, one of the first Senators in the 
United States Congress from Texas. 
Jones; creek in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, named for Col. W. A. Jones, United 
States Army, its first explorer. 
Jonesboro; township and city in Craighead County, Arkansas, named for Senator 
William A. Jones. 
Jonesboro; city in Union County, Illinois, named for Doctor Jones, a prominent 
settler. 
Jonesboro; town in Washington County, Maine, named for John C. Jones, one of 
the original proprietors. 
Jonesboro; town in Washington County, Tennessee, named for William Jones, a 
North Carolinian statesman. 
Jonesburg; town in Montgomery County, Missouri, named for the first settler. 
Jonesport; town in Washington County, Maine, named for John C. Jones, one of 
the original proprietors. 
