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WARRENSBURG , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson county, See also:Missouri, U.S.A., on a hilly site near the See also:Blackwater See also:Fork of the La Mine See also:river, in the See also:west central See also:part of the See also:state, about 65 m. S.E. of See also:Kansas City. Pop. (1890) 4706; (1900) 4724, including 556 negroes and 127 See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910) 4689. It is served by the Missouri Pacific railway. The city is the seat of a state normal school (opened in 1872), and among the prominent buildings are the See also:court See also:house and the railway station, both built of See also:local See also:sandstone. Pertle Springs, about rem. S.,
is a summer resort. Warrensburg is a See also:shipping and See also:supply point for a See also:rich farming region. In the immediate vicinity there are extensive quarries of a See also:blue sandstone, one of the best See also:building stones of the state. Warrensburg was made the county-seat in 1836. Its See also:settlement See also:dates from a little earlier. The See also:present city is not on the site of the See also:original settlement, but is near it; the old See also:town was abandoned in 1857, when the railway passed by it. During the See also:Civil See also:War Warrensburg was a See also:Union See also:post.
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