Johnson County, North Carolina (Fanning's, 1853)
Gazetteer/Almanac
JOHNSON COUNTY, situated toward the east part of North Carolina, and traversed by Neuse river. Area, 660 square miles. Face of the country undulating. Seat of justice, Smithfield. Pop. in 1810, 6,867; in 1820, 9,607; in 1830, 10,938; in 1840, 10,600; in 1850, 13,726.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 175.