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Johnson

Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,680. Its county seat is . The county was formed in 1843 and named for Richard Mentor Johnson, a colonel of the War of 1812, United States Representative, Senator, and Vice President of the United States.
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  • Type: County with 22,700 residents
  • Description: county in Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: “Johnson County”, “Johnson County, Kentucky”, and “Johnson County, KY”

Places of Interest

Highlights include U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum and Paul B Hall Regional Medical Center.

Museum
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The is a museum in dedicated to the country music entertainers who were born or lived near U.S. Route 23 in eastern Kentucky.

Hospital
Paintsville ARH Hospital is a 72-bed medical facility in . The hospital serves nearly 45,000 people from five counties.

Library
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The is a public library serving the residents of Johnson County, . The library's collection contains 44,236 volumes, serves a population of 23,827, and circulates 120,687 items annually.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paintsville and Wittensville.

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is a city in the . It's one of those eastern Kentucky towns that is feeling the effects of the downturn in the coal industry.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, , United States. It has a United States Postal Service and its ZIP code is 41274.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, , United States about 4.5 miles northeast of . was originally known as Mingo.

Johnson

Latitude
37.8398° or 37° 50′ 23″ north
Longitude
-82.816° or 82° 48′ 58″ west
Population
22,700
Elevation
1,027 feet (313 metres)
Open location code
869VR5QM+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316959014
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4296508
Wiki­data ID
Q498104
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Johnson” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Johnson County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة جونسون”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه جونسون، كنتاكي”
  • Armenian: “Ջոնսոն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Johnson”
  • Basque: “Johnson konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Johnson County, Kentucky”
  • Bavarian: “Johnson County”
  • Bishnupriya: “জোনসন কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি”
  • Bishnupriya: “জোনসন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Джонсън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Johnson”
  • Cebuano: “Johnson County”
  • Chechen: “Джонсон (гуо, Кентукки)”
  • Chechen: “Джонсон”
  • Chinese: “Johnson Kūn”
  • Chinese: “約翰遜縣”
  • Chinese: “约翰逊县”
  • Chinese: “詹森郡”
  • Dutch: “Johnson County”
  • Esperanto: “Johnson County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Johnson”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Johnson”
  • Estonian: “Johnsoni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Johnsonin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Johnson”
  • French: “Comté de Johnson”
  • French: “Johnson County”
  • Ganda: “Johnson County, Kentucky”
  • Ganda: “Johnson County”
  • Georgian: “ჯონსონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Johnson County”
  • Gilaki: “جانسون ٚ شأرستان (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “جانسون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Τζόνσον”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Τζόνσον”
  • Hungarian: “Johnson megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Johnson”
  • Italian: “contea di Johnson”
  • Italian: “Contea di Johnson”
  • Italian: “Johnson County”
  • Japanese: “ジョンソン郡”
  • Korean: “존슨군”
  • Low German: “Johnson County”
  • Mazanderani: “جانسون شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Johnson Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Johnson Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Johnson County i Kentucky”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Johnson County”
  • Norwegian: “Johnson County”
  • Ossetian: “Джонсон (зылд, Кентукки)”
  • Ossetian: “Джонсон”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جانسون، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جانسون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Johnson”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Johnson”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Johnson”
  • Portuguese: “Johnson County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Johnson, Kentucky”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Johnson”
  • Russian: “Джонсон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Johnson”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Johnson County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Џонсон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Johnson County, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Johnson County”
  • Slovenian: “Johnson County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Johnson”
  • Spanish: “condado de Johnson”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Johnson”
  • Spanish: “Johnson County”
  • Swedish: “Johnson County, Kentucky”
  • Swedish: “Johnson County”
  • Tatar: “Джонсон (округ, Кентуки)”
  • Tatar: “Джонсон”
  • Tumbuka: “Johnson County, Kentucky”
  • Tumbuka: “Johnson County”
  • Turkish: “Johnson County, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Johnson County, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Johnson County, KY”
  • Turkish: “Johnson County”
  • Turkish: “Johnson ilçesi, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Johnson ilçesi, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Johnson ilçesi, KY”
  • Turkish: “Johnson ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Johnson ili, Kentucky”
  • Ukrainian: “Джонсон”
  • Urdu: “جانسن کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی”
  • Urdu: “جانسن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Johnson”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Johnson, Kentucky”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Johnson”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Johnson, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Johnson”
  • Welsh: “Johnson County, Kentucky”
  • Welsh: “Johnson County”
  • Western Panjabi: “جانسن کاؤنٹی”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Turner Cemetery and The Movies at the Plaza.

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