Johnstown, Ohio

Johnstown, Ohio
Village
Community building on the public square
Location of Johnstown, Ohio
Location of Johnstown in Licking County
Coordinates: 40°8′57″N 82°41′12″W / 40.14917°N 82.68667°W / 40.14917; -82.68667Coordinates: 40°8′57″N 82°41′12″W / 40.14917°N 82.68667°W / 40.14917; -82.68667
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Licking
Area
• Total	2.91 sq mi (7.54 km2)
• Land	2.90 sq mi (7.51 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation	1,152 ft (351 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	4,632
• Estimate (2012)	4,806
• Density	1,597.2/sq mi (616.7/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	43031
Area code(s)	740
FIPS code	39-39340
GNIS feature ID	1048875
Website	http://www.villageofjohnstown.org/

Johnstown is a village in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,632 at the 2010 census.

Johnstown was the home of William A. Ashbrook, an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and Democratic politician from Ohio. His son, John Ashbrook, was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1956, and in 1960 won his father's old seat in the U.S. House of Representatives as the Republican candidate. In the 1972 presidential election, John Ashbrook ran against incumbent Richard Nixon in some state primaries as an alternative conservative candidate.

The Village of Johnstown is part of a four thousand acre (16 km²) tract of land deeded to John Brown, a revolutionary soldier, by President Adams for military services in 1800. Brown sold the property in 1810 for $2.50 per acre to Dr. Oliver Bigelow. Dr. Bigelow laid out and incorporated the village of Johnstown, donating the streets, alleys and the town square. In 1926 a nearly complete skeleton of a mastodon was found by a farmer named James Bailey, and subsequently sold to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

Johnstown is located at 40°8′57″N 82°41′12″W / 40.14917°N 82.68667°W / 40.14917; -82.68667 (40.149075, -82.686710).