Johnstown, Ohio
Johnstown is a city in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,182 at the 2020 census. The city is currently served by a seven-person City Council which includes the current Mayor Donald D. Barnard, Jr. History Johnstown is part of a four thousand acre (16 km2) tract of land deeded to John Brown, a revolutionary soldier, by President John Adams for military services in 1800. Brown sold the property in 1810 for $2.50 per acre to Dr. Oliver Bigelow. Dr. Bigelow laid out and incorporated the village of Johnstown, donating the streets, alleys and the town square. In 1926 a nearly complete skeleton of a mastodon was found by a farmer named James Bailey, and subsequently sold to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Geography Johnstown is located at (40.149075, −82.686710). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 4,632 people, 1,891 households, and 1,217 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 1,994 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was