Greetings from Historic Johnsonville

04/08/2026

We remember Johnsonville!

03/26/2018

Ray Schmitt incorporated beautiful light fixtures into the Johnsonville landscape which remain to this day.

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03/23/2018

Johnsonville's Gilead Chapel and Hyde Schoolhouse can be seen in the Billy Joel's 'River of Dreams' music video, released in 1993.

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03/16/2018

Dreaming of Spring!





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03/13/2018

For over 100 years, the Johnson family-owned business, Neptune Twine Mills, drove the industrial destiny of .


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03/11/2018

"Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow."
- Robert Frost

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03/09/2018

Check out Johnsonville on Instagram!
View of the Neptune Mill, 1960s.
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01/28/2018

We're not in Kansas, or Connecticut anymore...
'The Land of Oz' park in North Carolina operated briefly in in the 1970s.

Thanks to the effort and investment of locals, Oz is open once again, on a limited basis.

You'll want to buy your tickets now.

01/07/2018

Happy New Year! Check out this incredible old manse, vintage wine included. Are there any sites of in your neighborhood?

07/09/2017

Once again a new owner has appeared, offering change and continued life for Johnsonville.

This page is not affiliated with old or new owners.

What do you think of this development in the story?

Johnsonville, the eerie, abandoned village situated in a rural pocket of Connecticut lived up to its nickname Friday, its wooden fences swaying in the wind,

07/04/2017

Happy Independence Day!

06/12/2017

'Roads that unroll themselves'

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Abandoned Post Office : Johnsonville, CT