Welcome!
This Johnston County website is 
for adoption.
If you would like to be the coordinator for this site, Please contact:
Linda Simpson, State
Coordinator or
Mel Owings, Assistant
Coordinator
Johnston County was created, at statehood, in 1907 and wass named for
Douglas H. Johnston, governor of the Chickasaw Nation. It is located in
southern Oklahoma and covers 645 square miles. The county seat is
Tishomingo. The Chickasaw capitol building built in 1896 became the
county courthouse. Johnston County was the home of
William H.
"Alfalfa Bill" Murray and
Johnston Murray,
father and son governors of Oklahoma.It was also the home of entertainer
Gene Autry.
Old Johnson County Courthouse
courtesy of Butch Bridges
Our Towns
Bromide, Mannsville, Milburn, Mill Creek, Ravia, Wapanucka
& Communities
Bee, Bromide Junction, Coleman, Connerville, Earl, Emet, Fillmore,
Folsom, Nida, Pontotoc, Reagan, Russett, Troy
Our surrounding counties:
Atoka
Bryan
Carter
Coal
Marshall
Murray
Pontotoc