Johnson County is a

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located in the

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 179,927. Its

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is Cleburne. Johnson County is named for Middleton Johnson, a Texas Ranger, soldier, and politician. Johnson County is included in the

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– Fort Worth– Arlington

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History

The first settler of Johnson County was Henry Briden, who built a log cabin on the

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in 1849. His log cabin still exists, and can be seen along State Highway 174 in

Rio Vista, Texas Rio Vista is a city in Johnson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,008 in 2020. Geography Rio Vista is located in southern Johnson County at (32.237783, –97.377151). Texas State Highway 174 passes through the west side of the ...

. The first county seat was Wardville, now located under the waters of Lake Pat Cleburne. In 1856, Buchanan became the county seat. Johnson County was divided in 1866, with the western half becoming Hood County. Camp Henderson became the new county seat and was renamed Cleburne in honor of

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General

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Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (1.3%) are covered by water.

Major highways

* * * U.S. Highway 67 * U.S. Highway 287 * U.S. Highway 377 * State Highway 81 * State Highway 171 * State Highway 174

Adjacent counties

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(north) *

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(northeast) * Ellis County (east) * Hill County (south) * Bosque County (southwest) * Somervell County (southwest) * Hood County (west) * Parker County (northwest)

Communities

Cities (multiple counties)

* Burleson (small part in

) * Cresson (partly in

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and

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counties) *

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(mostly in

) * Fort Worth (mostly in

, with small parts in Denton,

, Wise, and Johnson counties) * Mansfield (mostly in

and a small part in Ellis County)

Cities

* Alvarado * Briaroaks * Cleburne (county seat) * Coyote Flats * Godley * Grandview *

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* Keene * Rio Vista

Towns

* Cross Timber *

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(small part in Ellis County)

Census-designated place

* The Homesteads, Texas

Unincorporated communities

* Bono *

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* Lillian *

Demographics

''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.'' As of the

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of 2000, 126,811 people, 43,636 households, and 34,428 families resided in the county. The

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was 174 people per square mile (67/km²). The 46,269 housing units averaged 63 per square mile (24/km²). The

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of the county was 90.01% White, 2.50% African American, 0.64% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 0.18% Pacific Islander, 4.52% from other races, and 1.63% from two or more races. About 12.12% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of the 43,636 households, 39.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.70% were married couples living together, 10.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.10% were not families. About 17.30% of the households were made up of individuals, and 6.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.20. As of the 2010 census, about 3.6

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occurred per 1,000 households in the county. In the county, the age distribution was 28.80% under the age of 18, 8.80% from 18 to 24, 30.20% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 10.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.10 males. The median income for a household in the county was $44,621, and for a family was $49,963. Males had a median income of $36,718 versus $25,149 for females. The

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for the county was $18,400. About 6.90% of families and 8.80% of the population were below the

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, including 10.60% of those under age 18 and 10.90% of those age 65 or over.

Education

School districts include: *

Alvarado Independent School District The Alvarado Independent School District is a public school district based in Alvarado, Texas, United States. In addition to Alvarado, the district also serves the unincorporated community of Lillian. The district operates one high school, Alva ...

Burleson Independent School District Burleson may refer to: Places * Burleson, Texas * Burleson County, Texas * Old Burleson, Alabama People with the surname * Albert S. Burleson, American postmaster general and congressman * Alec Burleson (born 1998), American baseball player * ...

Cleburne Independent School District Cleburne Independent School District is a public school district based in Cleburne, Texas. In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. History On July 1, 1988, Liberty Chapel Independent Sch ...

Crowley Independent School District Crowley Independent School District is a public school district based in Crowley, Texas (USA). The Superintendent of Schools is Dr. Michael McFarland. In addition to Crowley, the district also serves portions of Fort Worth, and Edgecliff Vi ...

Godley Independent School District Godley Independent School District is a public school district based in Godley, Texas (USA). In 2010, the school district was rated " Recognized" by the Texas Education Agency. SchoolsGodley High School(Grades 9-12)Godley Middle School(Grades ...

* Granbury Independent School District * Grandview Independent School District * Joshua Independent School District *

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* Rio Vista Independent School District *

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Hill College Hill College is a public community college in Hillsboro, Texas. It opened its doors in 1923, one year before North Central Texas College, which is the oldest continuously-operating community college in Texas because Hill College was closed d ...

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in Hillsboro, a town in neighboring Hill County also provides tertiary education, with a campus in Cleburne since 1971. Johnson County is defined by the Texas Education Code as being in the Hill College service area.Texas Education Code, Sec. 130.181. HILL COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
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Southwestern Adventist University Southwestern Adventist University is a private Adventist university in Keene, Texas. It is owned by the Southwestern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. The university enrolls about 800 students on a rural, 150-acre campus. The uni ...

, a private

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in Keene, is currently the only four-year institution of higher learning in Johnson County. Southwestern is affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church and has existed since 1893.

Media

Johnson County is part of the Dallas/Fort Worth television media market in north-central Texas. Local news media outlets are:

KDFW-TV KDFW (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, broadcasting the Fox network to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside MyNe ...

KXAS-TV KXAS-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, United States, broadcasting NBC programming to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division along ...

WFAA-TV WFAA (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Decatur-licensed Estrella TV affiliate KMPX (channel 29) ...

, KTVT-TV,

KERA-TV KERA-TV (channel 13) is a PBS member television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. Owned by North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc., it is sister to National Public Radio (NPR) member stati ...

KTXA-TV KTXA (channel 21) is an independent television station in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is owned by the CBS News and Stations group alongside Fort Worth–based CBS station KTVT (channel 11). ...

KDFI-TV KDFI (channel 27), branded on-air as Fox 4 More or More 27, is a television station licensed to Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, broadcasting MyNetworkTV to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is owned-and-operated station, owned and opera ...

KDAF-TV KDAF (channel 33) is a television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex with programming from The CW. It is owned and operated by network majority owner Nexstar Media Group (based in near ...

, KFWD-TV, and

KDTX-TV KDTX-TV, virtual channel 58 (UHF digital channel 21), is a Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) owned-and-operated television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, and serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The station's studios ar ...

KCLE KCLE (1460 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Burleson, Texas which serves the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is owned by Tron Dinh Do, through licensee Intelli, LLC., and broadcasts Vietnamese language music and talk from a ...

is the local radio station, which offers local news in addition to its country-music format. The local newspapers are the''

Cleburne Times-Review The ''Cleburne Times-Review'' is a six-day daily newspaper published in Cleburne, Texas, in the morning on weekdays (Monday through Saturday). It covers "all of Johnson County". It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. History The newspa ...

, Burleson Star and Joshua Star.''

Politics

References

External links

Official Johnson County, Texas website

Johnson County in ''Handbook of Texas Online''
at the

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