Johnson County, Illinois

Overview

• Population: 12,878 (Change since 1990: +13.5%)
• Created: September 14, 1812
• County seat: Vienna
• Largest town: Vienna (Pop. 1,234)
• Name origin: Richard M. Johnson

Populated Places

• Belknap (Village)
  • Population: 133 (Change since 1990: +6.4%)
  • Located northeast of Karnak and southwest of Vienna
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°19'30" N, 88°56'20" W
  • Post office: Apr. 7, 1873 - Now
• Bender (Unincorporated)
  • Located along US 45 south of Vienna
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°22'44" N, 88°53'31" W
  • Survey: T. 13 S., R. 3 E., Sec. 21
  • Elevation: 360
  • Civil township: Vienna No. 3
  • USGS Quad: Vienna
  • Post office: Jul. 16, 1873 - Nov. 5, 1873
  • Map: 1876 atlas
• Bloomfield (Unincorporated)
  • Located on US 45 north of Vienna
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°27'09" N, 88°52'30" W
  • Survey: T. 12 S., R. 3 E., Sec. 27
  • Elevation: 410
  • Civil township: Bloomfield
  • USGS Quad: Bloomfield
  • Map: 1876 atlas
• Buncombe (Village)
  • Population: 186 (Change since 1990: -10.6%)
  • Located on IL 37 north of West Vienna
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°28'17" N, 88°58'37" W
  • Post office: Jun. 19, 1871-Now
• Cedar Bluff (Historical)
  • Located west of Tunnel Hill
  • USGS Quad: Lick Creek (Not shown)
  • Map: 1878
• Cross Roads (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°28'02" N, 88°46'37" W
  • Elevation: 430
  • Civil township: Simpson
  • USGS Quad: Bloomfield
  • Maps: 1876 atlas, 1878, and 1883 Tenney
• Cypress (Village)
  • Population: 271 (Change since 1990: -1.5%)
  • Located on IL 37 east of Dongola
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°21'54" N, 89°01'05" W
  • Post office: Nov. 16, 1895 - Now
• Cypress Creek (Historical)
  • Located southwest of Vienna
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°22'27" N, 89°01'16" W
  • Civil township: Cache
  • USGS Quad: Cypress
  • Map: 1876 atlas
• Deer Ridge (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'30" N, 88°56'18" W
  • Elevation: 610
  • Civil township: Goreville No. 2
  • USGS Quad: Goreville
• Eagle Point Bay (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°35'22" N, 88°55'47" W
  • Elevation: 610
  • Civil township: Lake No. 1
  • USGS Quad: Goreville
• Egyptian Hills (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°35'20" N, 88°53'15" W
  • Elevation: 550
  • Civil township: Lake No. 2
  • USGS Quad: Goreville
• Elvira (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Johnson Courthouse
  • Located between Lick Creek and Buncombe
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°29'36" N, 89°01'46" W
  • Survey: T. 12 S., R. 2 E., Sec. 7
  • Elevation: 460
  • Civil township: Elvira
  • USGS Quad: Mount Pleasant
• Flatwoods (Unincorporated)
  • Located between Robbs and Grantsburg
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°25'25" N, 88°43'27" W
  • Survey: T. 13 S., R. 4 E., Sec. 1
  • Elevation: 526
  • Civil township: Grantsburg No. 1
  • USGS Quad: Glendale
• Forman (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Collinsburg and Ridenhower
  • Located northeast of Belknap
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°20'48" N, 88°54'26" W
  • Survey: T. 13 S., R. 3 E., Sec. 31
  • Elevation: 352
  • Civil township: Belknap
  • USGS Quad: Karnak
  • Map: 1876 atlas
• Ganntown (Unincorporated)
  • Located southwest of Grantsburg
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°21'48" N, 88°47'03" W
  • Survey: T. 13 S., R. 4 E.
  • Elevation: 560
  • Civil township: Grantsburg No. 2
  • USGS Quad: Mermet
• Goreville (Village)
  • Population: 938 (Change since 1990: +7.6%)
  • Located on IL 37 north of Buncombe
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°33'16" N, 88°58'20" W
  • Post office: Jun. 13, 1866 - Now
• Grantsburg (Unincorporated)
  • Located on IL 146 at the crossing over Bay Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°23'27" N, 88°44'49" W
  • Survey: T. 13 S., R. 4 E., Sec. 14-15
  • Elevation: 365
  • Civil township: Grantsburg No. 1
  • USGS Quad: Glendale
• Joppa Junction (Unincorporated)
  • Located west of Belknap near White Hill
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°19'47" N, 89°01'53" W
  • Survey: T. 14 S., R. 2 E., Sec. 6
  • Elevation: 345
  • Civil township: Cache
  • USGS Quad: Cypress
• Lincoln Green (Historical)
  • Previously known as: Gray's Mill
  • Located northwest of Belknap
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°19'42" N, 88°59'50" W
  • Civil township: Belknap
  • USGS Quad: Karnak (Not shown)
  • Maps: 1876 atlas and 1878
• New Burnside (Village)
  • Population: 242 (Change since 1990: -6.6%)
  • Located near the intersection of US 45 and IL 166
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'45" N, 88°46'15" W
  • Post office: Dec. 16, 1872 - Jan. 22, 1873 (Morrel); Jan. 22, 1873 - Now (New Burnside)
• Omar (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°30'06" N, 88°58'07" W
  • Elevation: 596
  • Civil township: Elvira
  • USGS Quad: Goreville
• Ozark (Unincorporated)
  • Located southeast of New Burnside
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°32'33" N, 88°45'46" W
  • Survey: T. 11 S., R. 4 E., Sec. 22
  • Elevation: 696
  • Civil township: Ozark
  • USGS Quad: Creal Springs
  • Post office: Jan. 24, 1889 - Now
• Parker (Unincorporated)
  • Located southwest of New Burnside
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'13" N, 88°47'60" W
  • Survey: T. 11 S., R. 4 E., Sec. 17
  • Elevation: 547
  • Civil township: Burnside
  • USGS Quad: Creal Springs
• Pharoahs Gardens (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°35'34" N, 88°54'34" W
  • Elevation: 570
  • Civil township: Lake No. 2
  • USGS Quad: Goreville
• Pleasant Grove (Unincorporated)
  • Located on IL 146 east of Mount Pleasant
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°26'27" N, 89°01'47" W
  • Survey: T. 12 S., R. 2 E., Sec. 30
  • Elevation: 440
  • Civil township: Elvira
  • USGS Quad: Mount Pleasant
• Pond (Unincorporated)
  • Located northeast of Vienna
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°26'42" N, 88°49'58" W
  • Survey: T. 12 S., R. 3 E.
  • Elevation: 528
  • Civil township: Bloomfield
  • USGS Quad: Bloomfield
• Reevesville (Unincorporated)
  • Located southeast of Grantsburg
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°20'35" N, 88°43'11" W
  • Survey: T. 13 S., R. 4 E., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 350
  • Civil township: Grantsburg No. 2
  • USGS Quad: Reevesville
• Reynoldsburg (Unincorporated)
  • Located east of Tunnel Hill
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°30'55" N, 88°46'33" W
  • Survey: T. 11 S., R. 4 E., Sec. 33
  • Elevation: 580
  • Civil township: Ozark
  • USGS Quad: Creal Springs
  • Map: 1876 atlas
• Robinwood (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'39" N, 88°54'33" W
  • Elevation: 570
  • Civil township: Tunnel Hill
  • USGS Quad: Goreville
• Sandburn (Unincorporated)
  • Located south of Tunnel Hill
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°30'33" N, 88°50'32" W
  • Survey: T. 12 S., R. 3 E., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 620
  • Civil township: Bloomfield
  • USGS Quad: Creal Springs
  • Post office: Jul. 3, 1869 - Jun. 15, 1917
  • Maps: 1876 atlas (Sanburn or South Tunnel Hill) and 1878 (Sanburn)
• Scanlin Spur (Historical)
  • Located along the railroad somewhere northwest of Forman
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°21'59" N, 88°56'48" W
  • Civil township: Cache
  • USGS Quad: Karnak (Not shown)
• Simpson (Village)
  • Population: 54 (Change since 1990: -11.5%)
  • Located west of Robbs and northeast of Vienna
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°28'02" N, 88°45'18" W
  • Post office: Mar. 1, 1871 - Now
• Sugar Creek Ranch (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'20" N, 88°55'38" W
  • Elevation: 600
  • Civil township: Tunnel Hill
  • USGS Quad: Goreville
• Tunnel Hill (Unincorporated)
  • Located southwest of New Burnside just off US 45
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°31'25" N, 88°50'19" W
  • Survey: T. 11 S., R. 3 E., Sec. 35
  • Elevation: 650
  • Civil township: Tunnel Hill
  • USGS Quad: Creal Springs
  • Post office: Feb. 28, 1873 - Now
  • Map: 1876 atlas
• Vienna (City)
  • Population: 1,234 (Change since 1990: -14.7%)
  • Located at intersection US 45 and IL 146
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°24'55" N, 88°53'52" W
• Wagon Creek Heaven (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'59" N, 88°53'51" W
  • Elevation: 550
  • Civil township: Tunnel Hill
  • USGS Quad: Goreville
• Wartrace (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°23'57" N, 88°46'43" W
  • Elevation: 495
  • Civil township: Grantsburg No. 1
  • USGS Quad: Bloomfield
• West Vienna (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Boles
  • Located at intersection IL 37 and IL 146
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°25'43" N, 88°58'10" W
  • Survey: T. 13 S., R. 2 E.
  • Elevation: 400
  • Civil township: Elvira
  • USGS Quad: Vienna
• White Hill (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Chasco
  • Located on IL 37 south of Cypress
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°19'09" N, 89°01'17" W
  • Survey: T. 14 S., R. 2 E., Sec. 5
  • Elevation: 350
  • Civil township: Cache
  • USGS Quad: Cypress

History

Name origin

Named for Richard M. Johnson, a Colonel in the Kentucky militia who served in the Indian wars and the War of 1812. Later U.S. Vice President from 1837 to 1841.

Demographics