The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Johnson Township is named for Thomas Johnson, an early pioneer settler who arrived in 1800, settling on land that later became the Purcell Station area. His son Thomas Johnson Jr. expanded the property and married into the Catt family.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Johnson’s history is told.
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Johnson, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Johnson is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Johnson has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Knox County Poor Asylum in Vincennes, 5.4 miles away.
Johnson and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Knox County Poor Asylum’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Johnson?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Johnson’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.