Guide from our Librarians: Research Johnson County

• Johnson County Automated Information Mapping System (AIMS) – mapping the county and historical valuations
• Johnson County Historic Preservation Survey – all photographs​
• Johnson County Historic Properties  – a list maintained by the Johnson County Museum
• Final Report of the Johnson County Historic Preservation Survey – histories of Johnson County neighborhoods

• Local History Index of Johnson County – clipping of important news and events from around Johnson County from JoCoHistory
• Gardner News (ceased publication in 2024)
• Johnson County Post (formerly the Blue Valley Post and the Shawnee Mission Post)
• Johnson County News - JoCo 913 – a service of The Kansas City Star
• Kansas City Business Journal
• Kansas History

Johnson County

Statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau for Johnson County, Kan.

Kansas Counties

County Data from the State Data Center, a service of the State Library of Kansas.

Kansas Data Profiles

• Selected Kansas data and other publications from the University of Kansas Institute for Policy and Social Research.
• Kansas Statistical Abstract
  The latest available state, county, and city-level data for Kansas on population, vital statistics and health, housing, elections, education, business and manufacturing, exports, employment, income, finance, state and local government, crime, recreation, communications, transportation, agriculture, climate, energy, and mining and mineral products.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics data for the Kansas City Metro Statistical Area

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