Guide to Johnson Minnesota

Johnson (city)	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2000-2010 Change
Johnson (city)	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	Actual	Percent
Population	53	57	46	32	29	-3	-9.38
Land Area (sq. mile)	--	--	0.30	0.30	0.30	0	0.00
Density (persons per sq. mile)	--	--	153.3	103.7	96.7	-7.00	-9.38
Housing Units	--	--	21	16	17	+1	+6.25
Households	--	--	--	16	15	-1	-6.25
Persons Per Household	--	--	--	2.00	1.93	-0.07	-3.50

Johnson is a city in Big Stone County, Minnesota. Minnesota State Highway 28 serves as a main route in the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.30 square miles (0.78 km²), all of it land. The elevation is 1,132 ft (345 m) above sea level. Minnesota State Highway 28 serves as a main route in the community.

As of the census of 2010, there were 29 people, 15 households, and 9 families residing in the city. The population density was 96.7 inhabitants per square mile (37.3/km2). There were 17 housing units at an average density of 56.7 per square mile (21.9/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 100.0% White. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.4% of the population.

There were 15 households of which 13.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.0% were married couples living together, and 40.0% were non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.93 and the average family size was 2.44.

The median age in the city was 57.3 years. 13.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 0.0% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 13.7% were from 25 to 44; 55.1% were from 45 to 64; and 17.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 44.8% male and 55.2% female.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

JOHNSON, a city in Moonshine Township, sections 3 and 10, settled about 1880. It was named in honor of a section foreman who worked on the Great Northern Railway. Its post office was first established 1883-87 and reestablished in 1891; it was incorporated as a village in 1903. The village once had a bank, a cream station, several stores, a hotel, a school, a lumber company, a livery stable, three grain elevators, and a blacksmith, and a station of the Great Northern Railway in section 3.

Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society

First Street, Johnson Minnesota, 1917
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