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Johnston County

county in North Carolina, United States
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Johnston County
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Summary

Johnston County is a county of North Carolina[1]. It draws 637 Wikipedia views per month (county of north carolina category, ranking #11 of 102).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: North Carolina[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Smithfield[5]
  • Shares border with: Nash County[6], Wayne County[7], Harnett County[8], Wilson County[9], Sampson County[10], Wake County[11], Franklin County[12]
  • Named after: Gabriel Johnston[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Smithfield[14]
  • Commons category: Johnston County, North Carolina[15]
  • Inception: June 28, 1746[16]
  • Coordinate location: 35.52, -78.37[17]
  • Official website: https://www.johnstonnc.com/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Johnston County, North Carolina[19]
  • Population: 168,878[20], 169,613[21], 172,747[22], 174,801[23], 177,967[24], 185,660[25], 215,999[26]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Johnston County, North Carolina[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Johnston County, North Carolina[28]
  • Number of households: 71,332[29]
  • Native label: Johnston County[30]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109628[31]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Johnston County, North Carolina[32]
  • Different from: Johnston County[33]
  • Area: 2061[34]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.5[35]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[36]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Johnston County, North Carolina[37]
  • Per capita income: 29,327[38]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Johnston County, North Carolina.tab[39]

Why It Matters

Johnston County has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

Govdirectory North Carolina United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Johnston County, No
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Johnston County, North Carolina.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pr"
  2. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → johnston-county
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: johnston-county, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289946149|johnston county (#289946149)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C3810788
    Taxonomicon id → 1806877
    Obo gazetteer id → 00165085
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  4. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Johnston County, North Carolina
    List of monuments → National Register of Historic Places listings in Johnston County, North Carolina
    Shares border with → Nash County, Wayne County, Harnett County +4
    Located in → —
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C109628, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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