BlockJohnstown Center, Wisconsin
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Johnstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 53505. The Survey maps it on the Avalon quadrangle. It stands 935 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1893 USGS Shopiere quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Avalon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Shopiere quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake Geneva quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
8,297 words on this townshipHistory of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute, published 1856 names this settlement in its chapter on Johnstown Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The first settlement was made in 1837. the first family was that of .Konnan Smith who claimed on the present site of the " Johnstown Center House" owned by Henry B. Johnson, and afterwards sold his claim to Noah Newell. The second family was that of Capt. Caleb D. Hill, who is still a resident. The other early settlers were Elisha Newhall and his sons Wright and Elbridge G., Noah Newell, John. A. Fleteher, Daniel Phelps, Daniel McKillip, John Putnam, John A. Pickett and William Virgin. The first framed house was built by Daniel McKillip, and is now owned by Slmbael Farr.
Passage source: History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute, published 1856.
Is town 3 north, of range 1 2 east. The city of Janesville was mostly taken from the southeast corner of this town. The remainder of the town is very superior farming land - both prairie and openings - and well wooded and watered. The Eock river runs through the eastern part of the town. The first bridge built across Rock river, in the county, was built by A. W. Pope and others, in the northern part, on the Milwaukee and Madison Territorial road. This road, until within a few years, in fact until the opening of the M. & M. railroad to Janesville, was the greatest thoroughfare in the county, or in the State even, as far from the Lake shore.
Passage source: History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute, published 1856.
This farm consists of about three thousand acres in a body; 840 acres under improvement; 600 to crops, and 240 into timothy meadow. Gen. Johnston, the past year, raised 360 tons of timothy hay, 5,000 bushels wheat, 10,000 bushels com, 1,500 bushels oats, 800 bushels rye, 500 bushels potatoes. He has 6 horses, 2 mules, and 260 head of cattle, of which 125 are cows, and eleven yoke of oxen; and employs from 15 to 30 men. He cuts all of his grain and hay by machinery, of reapers and mowers. He has one of the largest and most commodious brick farm houses, with convenient barns and out-buildings, which, together with laud of superior quality, renders his situation one of the most desirable, not to say the largest farming establishments in the State. The General has only been in the Slate about two years, and intends to break 400 acres more the present season - making altogether, under improvement, 1,240 acres; and we may reasonably anticipate that when he " gets the hang of the country," he will be considerable of a farmer.
Passage source: History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute, published 1856.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Johnstown Town - it names this place 8 more 8 times.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Johnstown Center: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wenham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnstown Center in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Johnstown Center | $124,000 | Multivortex tornado documented southwest of Richmond. Multiple sheds with sheet metal damage along County Highway M before entering Walworth County. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnstown Center | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnstown Center | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Johnstown Center | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnstown | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Emerald Grove | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Avalon | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lima Center | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Milton | 7.8 miles | 19 | |
| Milton Junction | 8.9 miles | 19 | |
| Tiffany | 9.1 miles | 18 | |
| Anderson | 9.5 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Johnstown Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6268773 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1567257. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.