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The town originally formed an integral part of Providence, but was incorporated into a separate township in 1759, March 6. Its name was given in honor of the Hon. August Johnston, the attorney-general of the Colony at that time. Amid the stirring scenes of the past, and the strange events that have crowded themselves into the last century and a half, Johnston has played no unimportant part, and her record bears honorable comparison with that of her sister towns. Upon all questions of importance, either political, industrial, religious, or educational, she has ever been prompt and active, and her influence by no means powerless. It is, therefore, a pleasant and profitable task to trace the progress of this thriving township from its rude beginning to its present completeness.
—From History of the State of Rhode Island with Illustrations, 1878.
Johnston History Articles
- Excerpt from History of the State of Rhode Island with Illustrations, Albert J. Wright, Printer, 1878.
- Excerpt from Picturesque Rhode Island by Wilfred H. Munro, 1881.
- Excerpts from History of Providence County by Richard M. Bayles, 1891:
Part 1: Chapter XXVI, The Town of Johnston;
Part 2: Biographical Sketches of the Town of Johnston.
- Shang's Own Story, circa 1909.
- Johnston Sunrise, "Belknap School Student Returns Seventy Years Later" by Beth Hurd, February 16, 2006.
Johnston Historical Society Newsletters
Newsletter Index
- Volume 1, Number 1: September 1984
- Volume 1, Number 2: January 1985
- Volume 1, Number 3: March 1985
- Volume 1, Number 4: May 1985
- Volume 1, Number 5: July 1985
- Volume 2, Number 1: September 1985
- Volume 2, Number 2: November 1985
- Volume 2, Number 3: January 1986
- Volume 2, Number 4: March 1986
- Volume 2, Number 5: May 1986
- Volume 2, Number 6: July 1986
- Volume 3, Number 1: September 1986
- Volume 3, Number 2: November 1986
- Volume 3, Number 3: January 1987
- Volume 3, Number 4: March 1987
- Volume 3, Number 5: May 1987
- Volume 3, Number 6: July 1987
- Volume 4, Number 1: September 1987
- Volume 4, Number 2: November 1987
- Volume 4, Number 3: January 1988
- Volume 5, Number 1: September 1989
- Volume 5, Number 2: November 1989
- Volume 5, Number 3: January 1990
- Volume 5, Number 4: March 1990
- Volume 5, Number 5: May 1990
- Volume 5, Number 6: July 1990
- Volume 6, Number 1: September 1990
- Volume 6, Number 2: November 1990
- Volume 6, Number 3: January 1991 (mistakenly numbered as Volume 7, Number 1)
- Volume 7, Number 1: August 1996
- Volume 7, Number 2: November 1996
- Volume 7, Number 3: May 1997
- Volume 7, Number 4: September 1997
- Volume 7, Number 5: November 1997
- Volume 8, Number 1: April 1998
- Volume 8, Number 2: November 1998
- Volume 9, Number 1: September 1999
- Volume 9, Number 2: January 2000
- Volume 9, Number 3: July 2000
- Volume 9, Number 4: November 2000
- Volume 10, Number 1: February 2001
- Volume 10, Number 2: June 2001
- Volume 10, Number 3: September 2001
- Volume 10, Number 4: January 2002
- Volume 11, Number 1: April 2002
- Volume 11, Number 2: July 2002 (actually compiled in November 2002)
- Volume 11, Number 3: October 2002 (actually compiled in April 2003)
- Volume 11, Number 4: January 2003 (actually compiled in September 2003)
- Volume 12, Number 1: March 2006
- Volume 12, Number 2: July 2006
- Volume 12, Number 3: November 2006
- Volume 13, Number 1: March 2007
- Volume 13, Number 2: July 2007
- Volume 13, Number 3: November 2007
- Volume 14, Number 1: March 2008
- Volume 14, Number 2: July 2008
- Volume 14, Number 3: November 2008
- Volume 15, Number 1: May 2009
- Volume 15, Number 2: November 2009
- Volume 16, Number 1: March 2010
- Volume 16, Number 2: July 2010
- Volume 16, Number 3: November 2010
- Volume 17, Number 1: March 2011
- Volume 17, Number 2: July 2011
- Volume 17, Number 3: November 2011
- Volume 18, Number 1: March 2012
- Volume 18, Number 2: July 2012
- Volume 18, Number 3: November 2012
- Volume 19, Number 1: March 2013
- Volume 19, Number 2: July 2013
- Volume 19, Number 3: November 2013
- Volume 20, Number 1: March 2014
- Volume 20, Number 2: July 2014
- Volume 20, Number 3: November 2014
- Volume 21, Number 1: March 2015
- Volume 21, Number 2: July 2015
- Volume 21, Number 3: November 2015
- Volume 22, Number 1: April 2016
- Volume 22, Number 2: July 2016
- Volume 22, Number 3: November 2016
- Volume 23, Number 1: March 2017
- Volume 23, Number 2: July 2017
- Volume 23, Number 3: November 2017
- Volume 24, Number 1: March 2018
- Volume 24, Number 2: July 2018
- Volume 24, Number 3: November 2018
- Volume 25, Number 1: March 2019
- Volume 25, Number 2: July 2019
- Volume 25, Number 3: November 2019
- Volume 26, Number 1: March 2020
- Volume 26, Number 2: July 2020
- Volume 26, Number 3: December 2020
- Volume 27, Number 1: March 2021
- Volume 27, Number 2: August 2021
- Volume 27, Number 3: December 2021
- Volume 28, Number 1: April 2022
- Volume 28, Number 2: September 2022
- Volume 28, Number 3: November 2022
- Volume 29, Number 1: April 2023
- Volume 29, Number 2: October 2023
- Volume 30, Number 1: March 2024
- Volume 30, Number 2: August 2024
- Volume 30, Number 3: November 2024
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