WayfarrowJohnsonville
Ghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut
Johnsonville is a ghost town in Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut. It is one of 7 former communities in Lower Connecticut River Valley County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 4th among the 9 Connecticut counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Johnsonville as a historical populated place on the Deep River topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.4950° N, 72.4666° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Deep River |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 31 ft |
| Nearest living town | Moodus, CT |
| Distance to it | 1.7 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 2786775 |
| Coordinates | 41.49504, -72.46657 |
What's there now
Johnsonville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Moodus, CT (population 1,815), about 1.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 31 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Comstock's Bridgecovered bridge · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 4.1 mi
- Benvenueghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 7.5 mi
- Chester Rock Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 7.8 mi
- Chester Rock Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 7.8 mi
- Lord Cornerghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 10.4 mi
- Essex Reef Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 11.4 mi
- Grassy Hillghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 11.5 mi
- Ninevahghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 12.1 mi
- Spruce Cornerghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 12.9 mi
- Flandersghost town · South Central Connecticut County · 15.1 mi
- Chapmanghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 15.4 mi
- Hank Woronick Covered Bridgecovered bridge · South Central Connecticut County · 15.5 mi
Questions
Where is Johnsonville?
Johnsonville is in Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut, at 41.4950, -72.4666.
How many ghost towns are in Lower Connecticut River Valley County?
Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.