Johnson County, Texas

Johnson County
Johnson County
County
	The Johnson County Courthouse
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 32°23′N 97°22′W / 32.38°N 97.36°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1854
Seat	Cleburne
Largest city	Burleson
Area
• Total	734 sq mi (1,900 km2)
• Land	725 sq mi (1,880 km2)
• Water	9.8 sq mi (25 km2) 1.3%
Population (2020)
• Total	179,927
• Density	245/sq mi (95/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts	6th, 25th
Website	www.johnsoncountytx.org

Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 179,927.^[1] Its county seat is Cleburne.^[2] Johnson County is named for Colonel Middleton Tate Johnson Sr., a Texas Ranger, politician and soldier in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War (fighting for the Confederate States Army).^[3] Johnson County is included in the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area.

^ "Johnson County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Johnson, Middleton Tate".