Johnson Station, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
File prepared by D.N. Pardue



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From the book entitled "The Free State - A History and Place-Names Study
of Livingston Parish" by the members of the Livingston Parish American
Revolution Bicentennial Committee in cooperation with the Livingston 
Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission, 1976.  Reprinted by permission.  Dedicated to the memory of
Reuben Cooper and Raymond Riggs.

JOHNSON STATION was located in Livingston Parish about eight miles north

of Albany on the New Orleans, Natalbany & Natchez Railroad. (1)  The 

original name of Johnson Station was Yawn Station, named for Hugh E. Yawn,

a railroad conductor.  Yawn is shown on the US Geological Survey Map, 

Albany Quadrangle, 7.5 minute series, 1940, in Section 15, T5S-R6E.

     Johnson Station was naemd for Larry Monroe Johnson, the station-

master, storekeeper and postmaster there who carried on his diverse 

duties in one big building.  Living there from between 1910 and 1920

or thereabouts, Johnson also furnished crossties for building the

railroad. (2)

     Postal records show Johnson was postmaster during the life of the

post office, July 12, 1904 to April 30, 1910.  C.L. Jackson operated

a sawmill at this station.  ---Clark Forrest, Jr.

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(1) Personal interview by Clark Forrest Jr. with Joseph "Joe" S.
Jackson on Feb. 23, 1973.
(2) John V. Coumes, Studies of Place-Names in Tangipahoa Parish.

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