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Johnson County, Iowa

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96historic places

—earliest paper

1837formed

152,854pop. 2020

77cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 96 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Iowa City, Solon, North Liberty.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Iowa is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Johnson titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

72 of 96 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

96 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Ashton, Ned, House	Iowa City	Building	2001
Berryhill, Charles, House	Iowa City	Building	1979
Bethel AME Church	Iowa City	Building	2000
Billingsley-Hills House	Iowa City	Building	1983
Boerner-Fry Company/Davis Hotel	Iowa City	Building	1983
Borts, Albert J. and Alice E., House	Iowa City	Building	2019
Bostick, William, House	Iowa City	Building	1996
Bowery Street Grocery Store	Iowa City	Building	2014
Brown Street Historic District	Iowa City	District	1994
Brown Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Iowa City	District	2004
Buresh Farm	Solon	Building	1977
Byfield, Dr. Albert Henry, House	Iowa City	Building	2017
Cannon, Wilbur D. and Hattie, House	Iowa City	Building	1994
Carson, Thomas C., House	Iowa City	Building	1982
Cavanaugh-Zetek House	Iowa City	Building	1977
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Passenger Station	Iowa City	Building	1982
Clark House	Iowa City	Building	1996
Close House	Iowa City	Building	1974
College Block Building	Iowa City	Building	1973
College Green Historic District	Iowa City	District	1997
Congregational Church of Iowa City	Iowa City	Building	1973
Coralville Public School	Coralville	Building	1974
Coralville Union Ecclesiastical Church	Coralville	Building	1977
Cottage at Rock and Dubuque Streets	Solon	Building	1985
Czecho Slovakian Association Hall	Iowa City	Building	1976
East College Street Historic District	Iowa City	District	1997
Economy Advertising Company	Iowa City	Building	1986
Englert Theatre	Iowa City	Building	2001
First Johnson County Asylum	Iowa City	Building	1978
First Unitarian Church	Iowa City	Building	2018
First Welsh Congregational Church	Iowa City	Building	1977
Ford, Arthur Hillyer, House	Iowa City	Building	1986
Franklin Printing House	Iowa City	Building	1986
Gilbert-Linn Street Historic District	Iowa City	District	2005
Harvat, Emma J., and Mary E. Stach House	Iowa City	Building	2000
Hawthorne Glove and Novelty Company-Shrader Drug Company Building	Iowa City	Building	2014
Henyon-Kasper-Duffy Barn	Solon	Building	2004
Iowa City Community Recreation Center	Iowa City	Building	2024
Iowa City Downtown Historic District	Iowa City	District	2021
Iowa Federation Home for Colored Girls	Iowa City	Building	2019
Jackson-Swisher House and Carriage House	Iowa City	Building	1982
Jefferson Street Historic District	Iowa City	District	2004
Johnson County Courthouse	Iowa City	Building	1975
Johnson County Poor Farm and Asylum Historic District	Iowa City	District	2014
Johnson County Savings Bank	Iowa City	Building	2017
Johnson, Sylvanus, House	Iowa City	Building	1990
Kirkwood House	Iowa City	Building	1974
Letovsky-Rohret House	Iowa City	Building	1982
Linsay House	Iowa City	Building	1977
Longfellow Historic District	Iowa City	District	2002
McCollister, James, Farmstead	Iowa City	Building	1976
Melrose Historic District	Iowa City	District	2004
Miller Round Barn	Sharon Center	Building	1986
Muscatine Avenue Moffitt Cottage Historic District	Iowa City	District	1993
Nicking House	Iowa City	Building	1975
North Presbyterian Church	Iowa City	Building	1973
Oakes-Wood House	Iowa City	Building	1978
Old Capitol NHL	Iowa City	Building	1972
Old Post Office	Iowa City	Building	1979
Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County Cabins	Iowa City	Building	2013
Oxford Commercial Historic District	Oxford	District	1997
Park House Hotel	Iowa City	Building	1978
Paul-Helen Building	Iowa City	Building	1986
Pentacrest	Iowa City	District	1978
Plum Grove	Iowa City	Building	1973
Polygonal Barn, Lincoln Township	West Liberty	Building	1986
Pratt, A. W., House	Iowa City	Building	1983
Ranshaw, Samuel and Emma A., House	North Liberty	Building	2012
Rittenmeyer, F. X., House	Iowa City	Building	1979
Roberts Octagon Barn	Sharon Center	Building	1986
Rose Hill	Iowa City	Building	1992
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church	Solon	Building	1997
Schindhelm-Drews House	Iowa City	Building	1994
Secrest Octagon Barn	Downey	Building	1974
Shimek, Bohumil, House	Iowa City	Building	1991
Sigma Pi Fraternity House	Iowa City	Building	2013
South Summit Street District	Iowa City	District	1973
St. John's Lutheran Church	Kalona	Building	1977
St. Mary's Church and Rectory	Iowa City	Building	1980
St. Mary's Rectory	Iowa City	Building	1995
State Quarry, Old	North Liberty	Site	1998
Stone Academy	Solon	Building	2001
Summit Apartment Building	Iowa City	Building	1983
Sutliff Bridge	Iowa City	Structure	1998
Tate Arms	Iowa City	Building	2019
Trinity Episcopal Church	Iowa City	Building	1974
Union Bakery	Iowa City	Building	2015
Union Brewery	Iowa City	Building	1986
Vogt House	Iowa City	Building	1978
Washington Township Center High School	Amish	Building	1979
Wehner, Roland and Marilyn, House	Iowa City	Building	2013
Wentz, Jacob, House	Iowa City	Building	1974
Wetherby, Isaac A., House	Iowa City	Building	2009
White, H. A., General Store and House	North Liberty	Building	1984
Windrem House	Iowa City	Building	1977
Woodlawn Historic District	Iowa City	District	1979

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Johnson was formed in 1837 (1837-12-21) from Cook, Dubuque, Muscatine.

JOHNSON created by Wisconsin Territory from COOK (extinct), DUBUQUE, MUSCATINE, and Non-County Area 1.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Johnson County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,491	17,573	25,429	24,817	26,462	33,191	45,756	53,663	81,717	111,006	152,854

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
HEHO	Park unit	20.2 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

77 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 77 of 77 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Agudas Achim Cemetery	41.68923	-91.52819
Alt Cemetery	41.74251	-91.57239
Anderson Cemetery	41.84865	-91.67667
Bethel Cemetery	41.58362	-91.8085
Blain Cemetery	41.8314	-91.70545
Brenneman Cemetery	41.51668	-91.76128
Castek Cemetery	41.84723	-91.77385
Cline Cemetery	41.51814	-91.53366
Dupont Cemetery	41.80781	-91.73487
Earhart Cemetery	41.55478	-91.54219
Eash Cemetery	41.57992	-91.65207
East Union Cemetery	41.52609	-91.70455
Evans Cemetery	41.46901	-91.4746
Facklers Grove Cemetery	41.85627	-91.52567
Fairview Cemetery	41.69304	-91.41747
Fairview Mennonite Cemetery	41.53957	-91.67484
Fountain Cemetery	41.52001	-91.47293
Frytown Cemetery	41.57198	-91.73556
Gingerich Cemetery	41.55508	-91.70275
Grabin Cemetery	41.77076	-91.80127
Graper Cemetery	41.59167	-91.72239
Greencastle Cemetery	41.77124	-91.6907
Hala Cemetery	41.8451	-91.8179
Hochstetler Cemetery	41.55279	-91.74183
Hummer Cemetery	41.59752	-91.69434
John Helmuth Cemetery	41.55839	-91.67655
Lone Tree Cemetery	41.49274	-91.42442
Lower Deer Creek Cemetery	41.53803	-91.79855
Memory Gardens Cemetery	41.65125	-91.49867
Mentzer Cemetery	41.5573	-91.58926
Molback Farm Cemetery	41.62537	-91.4182
Morse Cemetery	41.74414	-91.44373
Mount Calvary Cemetery	41.72999	-91.80371
New Newport Cemetery	41.73644	-91.49654
North Scott Cemetery	41.66346	-91.44776
Oak Hill Cemetery	41.68934	-91.56547
Oak Hill Cemetery	41.71088	-91.69541
Oakland Cemetery	41.66985	-91.51926
Oakland Cemetery	41.8125	-91.50961
Oasis Cemetery	41.70045	-91.38615
Overholser Cemetery	None	None
Oxford Cemetery	41.73124	-91.8047
Peter Miller Cemetery	41.5214	-91.68127
Peter Miller Cemetery	41.52779	-91.66128
Pioneer Burial Ground	41.66789	-91.5788
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	41.53532	-91.78843
Ridgewood Cemetery	41.76988	-91.60364
River Junction Cemetery	41.49114	-91.49574
Saint Bridgets Cemetery	41.77863	-91.37489
Saint Johns German Lutheran Cemetery	41.55422	-91.66821
Saint Joseph Cemetery New	41.67545	-91.51697
Saint Joseph Cemetery Old	41.67196	-91.52021
Saint Marys Cemetery	41.80583	-91.49125
Saint Marys Cemetery	41.73724	-91.49295
Saint Peter Cemetery	41.64001	-91.73712
Saint Peters Cemetery	41.60917	-91.741
Saint Stanislaus Cemetery	41.53775	-91.59606
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery	41.84836	-91.46331
Sandtown Cemetery	41.55437	-91.50702
Schottler Cemetery	41.53494	-91.81185
Sharon Cemetery	41.54018	-91.63671
Sharon Center Cemetery	41.55423	-91.6557
Shueyville Cemetery	41.84369	-91.64657
Smith Family Cemetery	41.4278	-91.4196
Sulek Cemetery	41.8471	-91.62146
Summerhays Cemetery	41.6889	-91.68628
Sutiff Cemetery	41.8419	-91.42443
Swank Cemetery	41.42761	-91.4498
Thompson Cherry Cemetery	41.60351	-91.44424
Trowbridge Cemetery	41.55141	-91.4585
Unity Cemetery	41.61946	-91.64739
Walker Cemetery	41.51845	-91.49022
Welsh Cemetery	41.61349	-91.60948
Wertz Cemetery	41.54869	-91.79391
Windham Cemetery	41.61167	-91.76683
Yoder Cemetery	41.56668	-91.646
Yoder Cemetery	41.5639	-91.72239

Historical populated places — 5 of 5

Name	Lat	Lon
Curtis	41.80418	-91.64962
Graham	41.6753	-91.456
Green Castle	41.77446	-91.66628
Midway	41.61891	-91.43905
Parkhurst	41.60613	-91.40016

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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