Johnson County, Texas

Johnson County, Texas
The Johnson County Courthouse in 2009
Location in the U.S. state of Texas
Texas's location in the U.S.
Founded	1854
Seat	Cleburne
Largest city	Burleson
Area
• Total	734 sq mi (1,901 km2)
• Land	725 sq mi (1,878 km2)
• Water	9.8 sq mi (25 km2), 1.3%
Population
• (2010)	150,934
• Density	208/sq mi (80/km²)
Congressional district	25th
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Website	www.johnsoncountytx.org

Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 150,934. Its county seat is Cleburne. Johnson County is named for Middleton Johnson, a Texas Ranger, soldier, and politician.

Johnson County is included in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The first settler of Johnson county was Henry Briden, who built a log cabin on the Nolan River. His log cabin still exists, and it can be seen along State Highway 174 in Rio Vista, Texas. The first county seat was Wardville, located under the waters of the present Lake Pat Cleburne. In 1856 Buchanan became the county seat. Johnson County was divided in 1867, the western half becoming Hood County. Camp Henderson became the new county seat and was renamed Cleburne in honor of Confederate General Patrick Cleburne.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 734 square miles (1,900 km²), of which 725 square miles (1,880 km²) is land and 9.8 square miles (25 km²) (1.3%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 126,811 people, 43,636 households, and 34,428 families residing in the county. The population density was 174 people per square mile (67/km²). There were 46,269 housing units at an average density of 63 per square mile (24/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 90.01% White, 2.50% Black or 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. 12.12% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.