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Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 179,927. [1] Its county seat is Cleburne. [2] Johnson County is named for Colonel Middleton Tate Johnson Sr., a Texas Ranger, politician and soldier in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War (fighting for the Confederate States Army). [3]
Historical courthouses of Johnson County. The original courthouse was at Wardville. It is still in existence today at a park on the banks of Lake Pat Cleburne, though it suffered damage at the hands of arsonists in 2007. In 1856, the county seat was moved to Buchanan and a new courthouse was built, which survived until at least the mid-1860s.
Alvarado (/ ˌ æ l v ə ˈ r eɪ d oʊ / AL-və-RAY-doh) is the oldest city in Johnson County, Texas, United States.The population was 4,739 in 2020. [5]The community's first sheriff, A. H. Onstoott, is credited with naming Alvarado for Alvarado, Veracruz, Mexico, where he fought in a battle during the Mexican–American War.
Johnson City is a city and the county seat of Blanco County, Texas, United States. [6] The population was 1,627 at the 2020 census. [ 4 ] [ 7 ] Founded in 1879, it was named for early settler James Polk Johnson, nephew to Sam E. Johnson, Sr. [ 8 ] Johnson City is part of the Texas-German belt region.
Venus is located in northeastern Johnson County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.7 km 2), all land. [6]U.S. Route 67 passes through the town north of its center; the highway leads northeast 7.5 miles (12.1 km) to the center of Midlothian and west 7 miles (11 km) to Alvarado.
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in central Texas about 50 miles (80 km) west of Austin in the Texas Hill Country. [ 4 ] The park protects the birthplace, home, ranch, and grave of Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th president of the United States. [ 5 ] During Johnson's administration, the LBJ Ranch ...
Website. www.burlesontx.com. FIPS code 48-11428 [ 3 ] Burleson (/ ˈbɜːrlɪsən / BUR-liss-ən) is a city in Johnson and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a suburb of Fort Worth. At the 2010 census it had a population of 36,690, [ 3 ] and in 2019 it had an estimated population of 48,225. [ 4 ]
History. Joshua is in the Cross Timbers region of Texas, on land patented by W. W. Byers in 1867. The section was sold in 1874 to John Powell. Caddo Grove, 2 miles (3 km) east of Joshua, was the first community in the area. It had its own post office and was a thriving town until the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway was completed from ...