 johnson county is a county located in the u.s. state of texas. as of the 2010 census, its population was 150,934. its county seat is cleburne. johnson county is named for middleton johnson, a texas ranger, soldier, and politician. johnson county is included in the dallas-fort worth-arlington, tx metropolitan statistical area. ==history== the first settler of johnson county was henry briden who lived in a log cabin on the nolan river. his log cabin is still in existence today, and can be seen along state highway 174 in rio vista, texas. johnson county's first county seat was wardville, located at the present site of lake pat cleburne. in 1856 buchanan became the county seat. in 1867 johnson county was split, and the western half became hood county. camp henderson became the new county seat and the settlement was renamed cleburne in honor of confederate general patrick cleburne. ==geography== according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (1.3%) is water. ===major highways=== *23px interstate 35w *20px u.s. highway 67 *20px state highway 171 *20px state highway 174 ===adjacent counties=== *tarrant county (north) *ellis county (east) *hill county (south) *bosque county (southwest) *somervell county (southwest) *[[hood county, te
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